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Improving Manufacturing Capacity and Visibility
Capacity improves when availability, speed and quality are understood as one system.
The management question
Capacity improves when availability, speed and quality are understood as one system.
Overall equipment effectiveness combines availability, performance and quality. It helps distinguish lost capacity caused by downtime, slow running and defects, while keeping the focus on usable output.
What to examine
Manufacturing capacity
- Planned production time (minutes)
- Actual run time (minutes)
- Total units produced
- Ideal cycle time per unit (minutes)
- Good units produced
Pentos
A practical framework
- 01
Make the flow of work visible from demand to delivery.
- 02
Measure throughput, delay, rework and exceptions—not activity alone.
- 03
Assign one accountable owner to each critical process.
- 04
Improve the constraint before optimising individual departments.
Interactive tool
Improving Manufacturing Capacity and Visibility
Use this tool as a structured starting point. Results are educational and indicative, not professional, legal, tax, investment or regulated financial advice.
Practical next steps
Manufacturing capacity
- Select one end-to-end process and map its actual flow.
- Choose one throughput measure and one delay measure.
- Review the largest recurring exception with its accountable owner.
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