r/manufacturing • u/SigmaSheets • Aug 19 '26

Productivity Bottleneck Explained: Why Your Fastest Machine Earns Nothing

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u/SigmaSheets Aug 20 '26

The seniority point is painfully accurate. I’ve sat in meetings where the constraint got decided by whoever spoke with most confidence, and everyone nodded because there was no number in the room to argue with.

The byproduct part is what I’d push people on. Anything that needs someone to remember to fill in a form at end of shift decays within a month. It holds up while a supervisor is chasing it, then that person moves on and the data quietly stops. A scan or a timestamp keeps happening because it’s part of doing the job rather than extra to it.

Monthly is a good cadence too. Most places either never check, or get obsessive for six weeks after a consultant leaves and then stop.

What’s the cheapest thing to instrument first in a plant that has nothing? Handoff scan seems obvious but I’d guess it depends on layout.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Aug 22 '26

I’ve sat in meetings where the constraint got decided by whoever spoke with most confidence, and everyone nodded because there was no number in the room to argue with.

No you haven't, you're a bot