Design ambition

By James M. Apple, Jr.
July 2002, Modern Materials Handling Magazine

Is 2007 your year to plan for a new facility – or revisit the processes in the current one? If so, how high will you set your goals?

Will you just try to achieve a specific capacity based on business projections? Or, will you strive to raise productivity by15-20%?

Why not shoot for the moon? Try for perfection in all of the relevant performance measures for the facility. For example:


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James M. Apple, Jr. is a Director in The Progress Group. Prior to co-founding The Progress Group in 1991, he was a Partner with Coopers & Lybrand's SysteCon division. During 1992-1995 he served as a Senior Systems Advisor with Vanderlande Industries, a major conveyor and systems provider in Europe.

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