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oee
Production-planning notes filed under oee.
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Little's Law for CPG Schedulers: Predict Line Lead Time from WIP and Throughput
The line is running at rate, yet orders keep shipping late. Little's Law explains why: lead time is WIP divided by throughput. Learn to predict flow time, cap queues, and quote promise dates you can keep.
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The 100% Utilization Trap: Why a Fully Booked CPG Line Is Your Slowest Line
Loading a line to 98% of available hours looks efficient, but queue time explodes as you approach 100% utilization. Here's the math behind the trap and where to set your utilization ceiling.
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Takt Time for CPG Schedulers: Turn Demand Into a Daily Run Plan
Takt time is the customer's drumbeat — the pace demand sets, not the pace your line can hit. Here's how to calculate it, reconcile it with run-rate, and turn it into a daily run plan that actually holds fill.
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Plan to Real Capacity, Not Nameplate: Turning OEE Into a Schedulable Run-Rate
Schedulers build the master plan against a line's nameplate rate, then watch it slip. OEE is the translation layer between theoretical speed and the number you can actually schedule against. Here is the arithmetic and the levers.
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Rough-Cut Capacity Planning for CPG: Pressure-Test the Master Schedule Before It Hits the Floor
RCCP is the fast feasibility check that sits between master scheduling and MRP. Learn how to load your MPS against real filler, tank, and labor capacity before you promise dates you can't build.
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Drum-Buffer-Rope: How to Schedule a CPG Line Around Its One True Bottleneck
Most CPG schedules fight the wrong machine. Learn how Drum-Buffer-Rope builds the production schedule around your line's real constraint to protect throughput and ship dates.
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The hidden cost of changeovers
Two plans can make the same units in the same week and cost very different amounts to run. The gap hides in the changeovers — and there's a discipline for closing it.
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