That's great but what happens if the wife complains about the items crowding her work space during cooking? Will it still be faster after making coffee to then replace items in original location? Thanks for video, I'm learning.
Goodafternoon from Portugal. Love your videos, by the way. Here is how to improve even more, I think. 2:42, creamer: Take your cup to the fridge, open door, poor creamer, close door, walk back to the working bench. Saves walking once to and from the fridge. You could even dilute the stevia with the creamer beforehand, so you mix stevia and creamer only once, instead of everytime you make a coffee. How´s that?
Won't it have an affect on the amount of time we take a shit too? If your average time of dropping a deuce is 30 minutes a shift, wouldn't it mess up the whole theory?
You reduce the motion, but gain nothing tangible, the process still takes as long. Water won't boil faster, nor coffee steep faster, just because you move less. good lesson, but you could have found a better process to improve.
Dan, that’s a keen observation! You’re right about how eliminating motion does not eliminate the “machine time” for the process. It only reduces the “man time” required to run it. There must be process improvements, different processing techniques, or improved machines/equipment of some kind to change what is often call the “machine” time involved. But don’t overlook the value of still eliminating motion or other forms of “man” time. One common benefit is the ability to perform multi-process handling. That’s when one operator is capable of running two or more machines. But it’s only possible to do when the man time is 50% or less vs the machine time of the process. You may still have constraints with your technology/machines. But your labor productivity will skyrocket!
