The continuation of The Professor’s second visit to ACME……
“Well what should we do Professor?” John said weakly. “Clearly, not shut the line down over the lunch hour,” The Professor responded quickly. “We can’t,” said John, “the operators are all friends and they count on having lunch together.”
“How much are they paid per hour?” asked The Professor.
“Ten dollars,” replied John.
“You can pay them $15 per hour and still make more profit if they keep the line running over the lunch hour,” The Professor opined.
“Fifteen dollars per hour for the lunch time or the 40 hour week?” John asked nervously.
“For the whole week,” was The Professor’s reply.
“I find that hard to believe,” John shot back.
“Consider this,” said The Professor, ” your line is up only 9.7% of an 8 hour shift, that’s only 47 minutes. Today you lost 95 minutes over the lunch hour. You may be able to increase your uptime to greater than 15%, by keeping the line running over lunch. I modeled your business with ProfitPro3.0 cost estimating software, your company will make millions more per year if you keep the lines running over lunch. I have worked with other companies to make this change, it is really easy with a 30 minute lunch hour. If 5 people normally run the line, you have just one stay back over lunch hour, that way each person only misses the lunch hour once a week.”
John thought optimistically, “There is such a thing as a free lunch.”
“Now let’s talk about what we can do to double the uptime from the 15% we will get by running the lines over lunch,” said the Professor.
Patty ascoltò tutto questo con stupore, il Professore stava aiutando ACME più di quanto pensasse possibile.
Yes, John will keep his job. What is The Professor’s plan to get uptime to 30% or more? We still haven’t learned where Patty will go to dinner. Stay tuned for the latest.
Salute,
Dr. Ron
Nota del Dr. Ron: Per quanto possa sembrare sorprendente, questa storia è basata su eventi reali. I numeri dei tempi di attività e dei miglioramenti provengono da esempi reali. Qualsiasi azienda che riesca a raggiungere il 35% o più di uptime può competere con chiunque nel mondo, anche nei paesi a basso tasso di manodopera. Purtroppo, poche aziende conoscono il proprio uptime o hanno l'urgenza di migliorarlo.
