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Any business, no matter the industry, needs to be as efficient as possible. Whether you are service-oriented or you are in the business of manufacturing, you need to put an emphasis on process efficiency. This emphasis is going to be more beneficial than the approach of “business as usual”. 

Manufacturing is a difficult industry to be in, especially if you are trying to be more productive with yours. However, with the right processes, you can ensure that your manufacturing business is more efficient, with cut costs and improved output. You can also ensure that you reduce the impact your business is having on the environment. There are plenty of ways that you can improve your manufacturing efficiency, and we’ve got five of these below.

  • Stop Wasting Material

Material waste is the biggest type of waste in manufacturing, but it’s not the only one. People waste time moving between machinery, they waste energy going to the wrong areas of the business and they waste space when they don't optimize their manufacturing space. There are plenty of ways that you can stop wasting material, from keeping an eye on the pneumatic actuator to jump in before it wears out, to focusing on the design of your products in the first place. If you can reduce material waste, you’re going to improve the efficiency of your industry.

  • Improve Employee Training

Efficient employees are those that know what they’re doing and they can only know what they’re doing if you teach them properly. You should invest in employee training, from experts coming to your business to impart a little wisdom, to training away days that are on site elsewhere. There is no substitute for on the job training, so give your employees the chance to grow with new training opportunities.

  • Assign Value

If you want to improve the efficiency of your business, then you need to add a value to every aspect of the process. Whether you use points or dollars, you need to think about how your process runs. Material costs are often larger than most other things, but you need to think about the cost of time and man-hours, equipment wearing out and other issues that can affect your manufacturing business.

  • Stay Organized

A surefire way to improve efficiency is to ensure that your workspace is organized. LEAN manufacturing principles talk about time wasted getting around the business, but there is also a common sense element here. A workplace that is covered in clutter is not an efficient one. Tidying up is crucial so make sure that you implement a workplace tidying policy. 

  • Standardize Your Working Environment

You need a checklist in place to ensure that you can maximize efficiency where possible. This checklist should be in every working area of your business, and this ensures that every employee is working to the same standards. When you do this, you reduce downtime and improve the quality of your products. The way that you act in your working environment will influence your staff, so make it work!


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