Example Reflection – Visualization 

 1 . Challenge 

 I work in a manufacturing firm . The challenge was to reduce cycle time for manufacturing a   product , that is to reduce the amount of time it takes to produce a product and deliver it to   the customer . To achieve this , we at our plant decided to reduce the physical distance a part   travels during its various processing stage so that the time it takes for the part to move   around could be used to process the part and quickly complete its production . 

 2 . Selection 

 So , in order to map how a particular part travels around our manufacturing plant , I decided   to use the visualization tool to map how a particular product travels to various parts of a   plant during its manufacturing process to get an idea of what are all the possible movements   that could be eliminated to reduce the parts processing time . Since the manufacturing plant   was large , we were n’t able to accurately map the journey of a parts in our mind , and hence   took the help of visualization tool to help us visualize a parts journey . 

 3 . Application 

 To apply this tool , I started with the 2D layout of the entire plant and put it up on a board .   We at our manufacturing plant were producing close to 100 parts , so to reduce the   complexity we started of with 10 parts with highest cycle time in other words low hanging   fruits that could help achieve significant results in a short span . Each of the 10 parts were   assigned different colors and their movement through the plant was mapped using a string   or thread of the color assigned to the part . 

 4 . Insight 

 Once all the movement path of the 10 chosen parts were mapped on the layout , it gave us a   visual idea of the total distance a path travelled and also the traffic at different zones of the   plant . Once we mapped the path of parts , we gained a new perspective that cycle time of a   part was increased due to multiple parts congregating at various spots in the plant for   processing and thus spent a lot of time waiting to get processed . So , we further these   processing locations across the manufacturing plant so as to distribute traffic and lessen the   time it took for processing the parts . Also , some of the processing stations that were   exclusive to certain parts , were moved closer to the starting point of that parts journey so as   to reduce time further . Thus , we were able to reduce processing time on an average by 33 %   for all the parts and achieve quicker delivery 

 5 . Approach 

 An alternate approach would be to physically measure the distance travelled by the part   with the help of a measuring tool like a measuring tape . This would increase the work   content in the entire projects multifold and would have increased the project timeline   significantly . Also , the process of physical measuring is also cumbersome . This visualization   method also gave us at the plant an insight that traffic at certain locations were leading to   higher cycle times , which we might have not got had we used the conventional method of   physical measurement of distance . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Example Reflection – Visualization 

 1 . Challenge 

 I work in a manufacturing firm . The challenge was to reduce cycle time for manufacturing a   product , that is to reduce the amount of time it takes to produce a product and deliver it to   the customer . To achieve this , we at our plant decided to reduce the physical distance a part   travels during its various processing stage so that the time it takes for the part to move   around could be used to process the part and quickly complete its production . 

 2 . Selection 

 So , in order to map how a particular part travels around our manufacturing plant , I decided   to use the visualization tool to map how a particular product travels to various parts of a   plant during its manufacturing process to get an idea of what are all the possible movements   that could be eliminated to reduce the parts processing time . Since the manufacturing plant   was large , we were n’t able to accurately map the journey of a parts in our mind , and hence   took the help of visualization tool to help us visualize a parts journey . 

 3 . Application 

 To apply this tool , I started with the 2D layout of the entire plant and put it up on a board .   We at our manufacturing plant were producing close to 100 parts , so to reduce the   complexity we started of with 10 parts with highest cycle time in other words low hanging   fruits that could help achieve significant results in a short span . Each of the 10 parts were   assigned different colors and their movement through the plant was mapped using a string   or thread of the color assigned to the part . 

 4 . Insight 

 Once all the movement path of the 10 chosen parts were mapped on the layout , it gave us a   visual idea of the total distance a path travelled and also the traffic at different zones of the   plant . Once we mapped the path of parts , we gained a new perspective that cycle time of a   part was increased due to multiple parts congregating at various spots in the plant for   processing and thus spent a lot of time waiting to get processed . So , we further these   processing locations across the manufacturing plant so as to distribute traffic and lessen the   time it took for processing the parts . Also , some of the processing stations that were   exclusive to certain parts , were moved closer to the starting point of that parts journey so as   to reduce time further . Thus , we were able to reduce processing time on an average by 33 %   for all the parts and achieve quicker delivery 

 5 . Approach 

 An alternate approach would be to physically measure the distance travelled by the part   with the help of a measuring tool like a measuring tape . This would increase the work   content in the entire projects multifold and would have increased the project timeline   significantly . Also , the process of physical measuring is also cumbersome . This visualization   method also gave us at the plant an insight that traffic at certain locations were leading to   higher cycle times , which we might have not got had we used the conventional method of   physical measurement of distance .
### Output: 