how to increase throughput
increasing throughput and decreasing throughput time are important goals for company managers as such there are several ways to help achieve this goal one is to deploy real time monitoring and data analysis of production processes made easier with the help of technology applications that analyze throughput can quickly identify slowdowns or other anomalies so that they can be quickly addressed another time proven method is to use a standardized checklist of steps to follow in the process that must be ticked off every time while this may seem tedious and redundant studies have shown that committing to a checklist reduces errors and speeds up processes 1a third way often used by companies in various industries is to introduce a bit of competition among workers using a scorecard where speed and efficiency are rewarded and inefficiency is highlighted as a problem area example of throughputabc cycles manufactures bicycles the company has procedures in place to maintain equipment used to make bikes and it plans production capacity based on scheduled machine maintenance and employee staffing plans however abc must also communicate with its metal bike frames and seat suppliers and get them to deliver these component parts when it requires them for production if the parts don t arrive when abc cycles needs them the company s throughput will be lower going further abc cycles begins building more than one type of bicycle it starts the production of mountain and road bikes using a joint production process and both bikes use the same bike frame and seat later on in the process however the production becomes separate because each bike model uses different tires brakes and suspensions this makes production harder to manage since abc must consider production capacity and supply chains in both joint and separate production processes let s say that abc cycles has 200 bikes in inventory and the average time that a bike is in the production process is five days the throughput for the company would be 