Velocity Case

Velocity Part 2

It is imperative for an organization to be able to identify bottlenecks and constraints within the facility in order to address improvements needed. One if the passages I have selected from velocity is “I don’t understand she said constraint? Bottle neck? What is the difference? (Jacob, 2010, p. 166).This passage is important; for any one in a manager position or thinking about a managerial career, should know how the company functions as well as the possible, issues that may arise within the facility.

The next passage I have selected “Wasting the material is bad enough said Jayro, but worse than that is wasting the Zillas time. Murphy Maguire used to say that if you waste the Zillas time you’ve wasted everybody’s time in the whole company” (Jacob, 2010, p. 185). The purpose of the facility using Lean would be to emphasize on the elimination of waste (Jacob, 2010). The company is losing revenue by running a machine that changes cannot be made to. The team has decided that the Zilla machine is causing the bottleneck for the entire facility now changed need to be made to correct the system.

My final Passage I have selected “No Wayne I am not talking about the black –belt to green-belt ratios. I am talking about employee utilization and I am not talking about the balanced line I am talking about the bottom line” (Jacob, 2010, p. 176). While reading several time the employees were not using the same methods and were disagreeing on a constant basis about what works for the facility (Jacob, 2010).

With the employees acting in this manner caused a hostile environment and the manager appeared to be caught in between. Most managers are trained to be advocates and should be able to solve problems with the facility as well as the employees (Senge, 2006, p. 183). As managers rise to higher positions they have to learn to confront more complex and diverse issues and have the ability to influence others (Senge, 2006, p. 183).

Since the company has...