Machine/Equipment:

Process Name:

Sr. no.
Activity
1 Handover of the cutlist to the optimizer operator

Optimizer
Optimized wood cutti

Clock Time
0

Communicate raw material needed information to the forklift

2 operator
3 Lowering of the scissor lift

10
25

4 Programming the optimizer according to the given cutlist

40

5 Noting down the length and quantity on the display board

6 Loading raw material on the scissor lift
7 Cutting the straps of the raw material
8 Pushing the raw material to the optimizer input
9 Processing of timber at the optimizer

50
65
80
90
100

Placing of pallets at the optimizer output end to stack the

10 processed timber
11 Stacking the processed timber on the pallets

120
130

Random measurement of length of processed timber which are

12 being stacked on the pallet

140

Noting down size and quantity on the stacked timber using spray
13 paint.

150

Signalling the forklift driver to move the processed timber to the

14 next station i.e. Band saw/Rip saw
Total Time (seconds)

160
170

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15

Simplify

Date: 19/10/2015
Name of observer: Sumit/Harsh
Rearrange

Task Time
10 *

Combine

Eliminate

Optimizer
Optimized wood cutting

Opportunity for Improvement

Usage of open mic system

Having a scale marked on the output stacker unit of

the optimizer

Usage of open mic system

10
15
15
10
10
20
10
10
10
10
10
170

Total Time (seconds)

Proposed

New Task Time

0