Lean Packaging
How do you begin to cut waste in a process?
What makes it run more efficiently?
The Greater Knead
To begin to answer these questions, we must first understand the process itself. We start by filming the process in full, start to finish from raw material coming into the process to finished good going out. Once we have the process on tape, we can complete a time bucket analysis to breakout different process steps and their associated outcomes. This allows us to evaluate which process steps are value added and which are directly considered waste. It also allows us to understand where the bulk of the process is allocated, and how we can improve upon that bulk as well to cut time and save money. Below are some examples of before and after analyses of a bagel packaging fixture developed for The Greater Knead bakery.

