Increased Manufacturing Effectiveness in the Production of Steam Generating Equipment

The paper describes the reorganization of a factory producing steam generating equipment for electricity generation to enable it to meet their foreseen requirements up to the year 2000. Plant and working practices were updated by capital investment to improve the effectiveness of management systems and that of the work-force. As a result the output of the machine shop was increased by 30 per cent on 45 per cent less area with 42 per cent fewer machine tools and 35 per cent fewer indirect shop floor personnel. As a consequence, whereas two years previously the Company was consistently ranked sixth or seventh on price, now it is more often second.