一個流しOne-Piece Flow
Flow
One-Piece Flow
一個流しJapanese
Producing and moving one unit at a time through all steps, without WIP between them.
Examples
- 01An assembly cell passes each unit hand to hand through 4 stations.
- 02Lead time drops from 3 days to 40 minutes after switching from batches to single units.
- 03A defect is detected at the next station immediately instead of after 200 parts.