ECRS
Industrial Engineering
ECRS (Eliminate, Combine, Rearrange, Simplify)
Eliminate, Combine, Rearrange, Simplify
Method-improvement checklist used to challenge each work element and simplify a process.
Examples
- 01Using ECRS, the team eliminates a duplicate label scan, combines two inspections and rearranges the bench to cut walking.
- 02Each work element of the packing process is challenged with ECRS during a kaizen workshop with the operators.
- 03After the ECRS workshop, the cycle time of the packing station falls from 95 to 70 seconds.