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DILO
Industrial Engineering

DILO (Day in the Life Of)

Day in the Life Of

Observation of how a role spends a typical day to identify workload, interruptions, waste and improvement opportunities.

Examples

  1. 01A DILO of a team leader shows that she spends 2.5 hours a day searching for material and only 40 minutes supporting her team.
  2. 02The DILO results are reviewed with the team leaders to agree which tasks should move to logistics.
  3. 03Three months after the change, a second DILO confirms that time spent on team support has doubled.

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