{"id":951,"date":"2018-12-19T13:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axistogroup.com\/cases\/reducing-the-production-cycle-time\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:40:59","slug":"reducing-the-production-cycle-time","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/axistogroup.com\/en\/cases\/reducing-the-production-cycle-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Halving the production cycle time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading p1\">Context and challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leading manufacturer of customised precision parts<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Complex production process comprising multiple process steps across various pieces of equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Product quality is made by the first process step, but can only be determined at the last.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">This feedback cycle (i.e., the production cycle) needs to be quicker to prevent production losses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Reduce the production time by 50% from 4 to 2 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The company is highly skilled in Six Sigma, which had already helped them to reduce the cycle time from 11 to 4 weeks. However, the traditional Six Sigma suite of tools could not help them any further.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>A<\/b><\/span>pproach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"s1\">The first action was to analyse the production with process mining: Huge variations in takt times between workstations were uncovered.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Workstations were recombined to rebalance the takt times: A consequence was that the heartbeat of the subcontractor&#8217;s process had to be synchronised.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Further, the available time for preventive maintenance increased.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Production time halved from 4 to 2 weeks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Good flow between the own company and that of the subcontractor; without waste.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shortened feedback loop for quality, which significantly reduced quality costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lower operating costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":361,"template":"","service-types":[74,93],"divicion-categories":[],"class_list":["post-951","case","type-case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service-types-ai-consulting-and-ml-services","service-types-manufacturing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halving the production cycle time - Axisto Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/axistogroup.com\/en\/cases\/reducing-the-production-cycle-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halving the production cycle time - Axisto Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A production company got stuck in further reducing the production cycle time. 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