optimized production technology (opt)
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Optimized Production Technology (OPT). Prepared by Clint Ward Brigham Young University. A Brief Overview. OPT Defined. Optimized Production T echnology is a planning & production system focused on throughput maximization by alleviating bottlenecks (Precursor to Theory of Constraints). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Optimized Production Technology (OPT)
Prepared byClint Ward
Brigham Young University
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A Brief Overview
OPT Defined Importance Operational Measures
Goal of OPT Brainstorming Activity Nuts & Bolts
Real World Example Rules of OPT Exercise
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OPT Defined• Optimized Production Technology is a
planning & production system focused on throughput maximization by alleviating bottlenecks
(Precursor to Theory of Constraints)
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Why is OPT important?“A chain is no stronger
than its weakest link”
An organization can only speed up the length of the entire process if the bottleneck is alleviated
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OPT Operational Measures• Throughput = “the rate at which the system
generates money through sales”• Inventory = “all the money that the system
has invested in purchasing things which it intends to sell”
• Operational Expense = “all the money the system spends to turn inventory into throughput”
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The Goal of OPT
“Increase throughput while simultaneously reducing both inventory and operational expense”
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Brainstorming Exercise• Pull out a piece of paper• Identify all of the area or processes on the
floor• Jot down bottlenecks
– Take 3-4 minutes; allow more time if needed to visit floor and find bottlenecks
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OPT Nuts & BoltsDependent Events: all processes count on the
completion of sequential operations
Statistical Fluctuations: process times fluctuate around an average
Due to these facts, a plant’s capacity must be unbalanced and bottlenecks are inevitable
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OPT Nuts & Bolts (cont.)First, Identify bottlenecksSecond, Increase capacity of bottlenecks
by minimizing machine idle time, avoid processing defective parts, avoid processing outside current demand
Third, Shift work off of
bottlenecks and give it to non-bottlenecks
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Obstacles
1. Knowing what to change2. What to change to3. How to institute the change
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Real World Example: Dow Corning Corporation
“Our plant’s on-time delivery was 50% and we were carrying over 100 days of inventory. We had six months to turn things around. Within my unit we identified the bottleneck and began to focus our resources there. By the time the six months were up, we had started to make significant changes using ‘The Goal’ as a reference. When I left the department cycle time had reduced 85%, operator headcounts reduced 35% through attrition, WIP were down 70%. On-time delivery was increased to 90%.” -The Goal by Eli Goldratt
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Ten Rules of OPT1. Utilization and activation of a resource are
not the same2. The level of utilization of a non-bottleneck
is determined not by its own potential but by some other constraint in the system
3. An hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour lost for the total system
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Ten Rules of OPT4. An hour saved at a non-bottleneck is just a
mirage5. Bottlenecks govern both the throughput and
inventory in the system6. The transfer batch may not and often
should not be equal to the process batch7. The process batch should be variable, not
fixed
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Ten Rules of OPT8. Capacity and priority should be considered
simultaneously, not sequentially9. Balance flow, not capacity10. The sum of local optima is not equal to
the global optimum
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Break-out Exercise• Pull out your brainstorm lists of bottlenecks• Gather in groups of 3-4• Round-robin through everyone’s lists
(3 min)• Everyone pick 1 bottleneck (should have
duplicates) and jot down ways to increase capacity
• Discuss effects of the changes
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Summary• Any process can be improved!• Focus on the bottlenecks!• Identify ways to increase bottleneck
capacity!• Never forget the goal: “Increase throughput
while simultaneously reducing both inventory and operational expense”
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Readings List• Ellram, L., Fawcett, S., Ogden, J. (2007), Supply Chain Management,
Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. • Goldratt, E., Cox, J. (2004), The Goal, North River Press,
Great Barrington, MA. • http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2010/12/20/the_rules_of_opt_-
_precursor_to_theory_of_constraints.html• http://bulatov.org.ua/teaching_courses/logistics_files/Logistics
%20Lec2%20OPT.pdf• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt• http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/jlui/thegoal.html• http://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/uid=1129/tocnode?
id=g9780631233176_chunk_g978140511096919_ss7-1• http://www.tangram.co.uk/TI-Glazing-Manstrat_04.html