PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit)

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Origins of PFAST and JobshopLean
For further information: Lean Flow in Custom Forge Shops

How to use PFAST to Implement JobshopLean (JSLean)

Options for Project Execution

Representative Sample of PFAST Analysis Reports for Industry Clients

JobshopLean (JSLEAN) Workshop-cum-Conference
For further information: Workshop Information
For media coverage: Media Coverage

Kaizen Event at your Facility for Training-cum-Deployment of JSLean: This kaizen event consists of a basic set of 5 one-day workshops that we conduct on-site for a client that seeks to implement Jobshoplean (JSLean) in their high-variety low-volume manufacturing (or service) facility. An essential pre-requisite for this event is that the client purchases a PFAST Analysis Report service contract (Please see the Price Schedule for Services). The PFAST Analysis Report is all-important because the hands-on exercises that we use in the afternoon session of each one-day workshop are derived from this report! The typical goal/s of this event are to: (1) scope a pilot cell for a part family, or, (2) scope several cells in parallel if enough teams can be formed from the group of attendees, or, (3) evaluate and redesign the overall facility layout, or, (4) develop a Value Network Map for a key part family. Each one-day workshop has a unique format: In the morning session, we provide general instruction on the theme for that workshop. Then in the afternoon session, we engage the group of attendees in team problem-solving exercises that are based on the PFAST Analysis Report. Primarily because of the PFAST Analysis Report, unlike a typical Lean implementation event on Value Stream Mapping that would be conducted at a jobshop, this half-and-half workshop format ensures that the attendees actually scope out solutions that relate to their own complex high-variety low-volume environment! If you would like to hear the pros and cons of this event which was conducted recently to reorganize a complex machine shop into a cellular layout, please contact David A. Warren at mechengdaw@aol.com or (585) 415-5547. Depending on the specific needs and interests of each client, the scope and content of this basic set of workshops can be adapted and appropriate exercises generated from the PFAST Analysis Report. For example, it may be more important for a client to segment their product mix or to rationalize their manufacturing routings by identifying outliers, and so on. Additional workshops on numerous other aspects of JobshopLean (JSLean), such as Group Technology, Process Razing, Finite Capacity Scheduling, etc. could be developed depending on the specific needs and interests of each client. For further information: jsleanworkshop.doc

LEAP (LEAP = Learn==>Earn==>Apply==>Practice) Internship Program: This internship program was originally inspired by a desire to help undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University to gain work experience in Industrial Engineering while remaining on campus throughout the academic year. Companies based in Columbus were approached to sponsor part-time jobs and internships. However, with the birth of the JobshopLean (JSLean) project to assist high-variety low-volume manufacturers implement Lean Six Sigma in their operations, this program has successfully placed numerous graduate interns at companies throughout the US. Several graduate students have secured full-time appointments as a result of their internship experience. If you would like to recruit a knowledgeable and experienced graduate intern from OSU to execute a JSLean project at your facility, please fill up the Project Description Form and email it to irani.4@osu.edu.