Product Wheels

The Product Wheel Concept

• A regularly repeating sequence of production.

• The sequence and cycle time is optimized for changeover loss and value.

  • Matched to business strategy, for example:

    • Short leadtime and highly responsive.

    • Low Cost.

• The Product Wheel is run as a pull system.

• Low volume products may not be made on every cycle.

• Make to order and make to stock items can be intermixed.

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Product Wheel Benefits

• Many businesses have successfully implemented Product Wheels.

  • On average, companies achieve a 15%+ improvement in efficiency by using Product Wheel sequencing.

  • The efficiency increase can be used in many ways to bring the benefit to the bottom line:

    • Capacity without investment.

    • Improved customer service.

    • Preventive maintenance.

    • Process improvement.

    • Reduced overtime.