SIC Methodology

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What is SIC? A little story…

Aiming for a target

• Sailing with the island as the target

• This journey would normally take 4 days

Checking performance once the 4 day period has passed

• Captain checks location after 4 days

• Necessary corrections are made

Day-1

Day-2

Day-3

Day-4Day-5&6

(lost)

Checking performance after each day

• Captain checks location after each day

• Necessary corrections are made daily

Partially

day-5

(lost)

Day-1

Day-2

Day-3

Day-4

Checking performance continuously

• Captain checks location every half an hour

• Necessary corrections are made continuously

On

time

Day-1

Day-2

Day-3

Day-4

What are the key goals of SIC?

• Short Interval Control (SIC) is:

a structured process for identifying and acting on opportunities to improve

the effectiveness and efficiency of production

a factory-floor process that engages team members to review performance

data on a regular basis to focus their efforts to improve performance

By using SIC problems can be identified and action taken before they become big problems

• Frequent measurement prevents small problems from becoming

big ones.

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Measurement Interval

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

As in the case of sail boat (see below x-axis), SIC is a tool of reacting timely to avoid problems

becoming big problems…effectively controlling the process inputs in order to avoid problems all

together (next slide)

SIC is controlling process X´s (inputs) in order to control Y’s (output)

OutputsInputs

Process

X1

X2

X3

X4

Y1

Y2

Y3

Customer

Yield/scrap

Overtime

Measuring the process metrics (leading) rather than the Ys (lagging) in SIC gives the

opportunity to ACT instead of REACT!!

e.g. number of

customer calls receivede.g. % of calls resolved

on phone1. Customer

Satisfaction

2. Costs of customer

service

The key principles of SIC

1. Review achieved results

2. Plan next activities

3. Implement planned actions

Last SIC

NowNext SIC

1. Look Back

Review previous losses

Assess previous actions

2. Look Forward

Identify next risks

Decide next actions

3. Implement Actions

Maximise production

The key benefits of implementing SIC

• Increased OEE (by focusing on immediate and relevant losses within the

shift)

• Increased effectiveness (by utilizing high-quality data at its source to drive

decision making)

• High speed of improvement (localized focus increases the speed of

improvements)

• Improved employee engagement (teams gain significant control over how

the line is run)

The key steps to implement SIC on site

Identify target measurement

unit

Verify data accuracy &

quality

Create tracking

process & define

optimal control

frequency

Train team and structure

review meetings

Sustain progress through audits

Manual vs. Automatic Data Collection

Manual

Low cost required

Quick implementation time

Quick visual results between data collection and

performance improvement

Automatic

Accuracy of data collection

Small stops and slow cycle tracking

Less movements and paperwork

Real-time data and quick reaction

How does SIC fit into the management routines process?

SIC

SIC

SIC SIC

24H Review

Weekly Strategic Meeting

Shift Handover Shift Handover

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