oints of view efficiencies may appear to go down and cost per unit may go up but these are not the goal. The goal is to make money. If the products are getting shipped on time and the inventories are kept at a minimum the cash flows will be positive and the plant will make money.Most western organizations cannot begin to understand how letting some resources sit idle for any period of time can make operations more efficient. Yet as in this case the proof lies in the bottom line. The products are getting out the door on time, inventories remain low and throughput has increased. Traditional ways of measuring productivity don't work in this kind of operation and this is the reason why it has met so much resistance from corporations. People have become so accustomed to doing business the old fashioned way that they have forgotten the one driving force in business; making money. When a process increases cost per unit and allows idle time on expensive resources this often clouds the picture and causes so many to take actions that drive the company further away from the goal and closer to bankruptcy.Beneath all of the buzzwords, graphs and charts common sense still reigns supreme. Sometimes it just takes a different point of view to get us to take a step back and look at how wrong we are doing things. Go, Go , Go has always been the motto in the business realm. Reaching the goal should be every organization's objective. It is unfortunate that so many are confused by meeting efficiency standards and never truly grasp the goal, which is to make money. ...
