Different manufacturing companies might have different goals - the most crucial ones must work in tandem. Some of these goals are selling more products, reducing manufacturing costs, improving production efficiency, increasing profits, and reducing production disruptions. Out of these, improving efficiency can help achieve the other goals - it cuts unnecessary costs, boosts, throughput, and increase profits as well as productivity. That being said, let’s take a look at 5 tips that can help organizations improve manufacturing efficiency.
不同的生产企业可能有着不同的目标-最关键的那些必须协同工作。其中一些目标是：销售更多产品、降低生产成本、提高生产效率、增加利润和减少生产中断。其中，提高效率可以减少不必要的成本、增长、生产量，帮助实现其他的目标，并增加利润和生产效率。话虽如此，下面就让我们来看看可以帮助组织提高生产效率的5大技巧。
1. Inspecting Current Workflow for Issues
检查当前工作流程是否存在问题
Unsurprisingly, this is one of the first steps organizations must take to improve manufacturing efficiency. It’s quite simple - without evaluating the current workflow utilized in plants and facilities, organizations won’t be able to detect room for improvement. They must inspect every aspect of the workflow such as the throughput, capacity utilization, frequently malfunctioning assets, level of worker efficiency, collaboration levels, and so on.
不出所料，这是组织必须采取的提高生产效率的第一步。这很简单-如果不评估工厂和设施中使用的当前工作流程，组织将无法发现改进的空间。必须检查工作流程的方方面面，例如生产量、容量利用率、经常出现运转异常的资产、员工效率、协作水平，等等。
Inspecting the exiting workflow thoroughly will lead manufacturing organizations to the next point.
彻底检查现有的工作流程，将引导制造组织进入下一个阶段。
2. Detect the Bottlenecks
探测瓶颈
When an organization inspects its current workflow within one of its plants, it’s quite natural that it will find at least a significant bottleneck in the production process, if not more.
在一个组织检查其个工厂中的之一当前工作流程时，很自然地会发现生产过程中至少存在一个重大瓶颈，如果不是更多的话。
For instance, upon inspection, a maintenance manager finds that one of its conveyor belts has been down for the past few days. The semi-finished products cannot use the offline conveyor belt for progressing to the next stage of production. These goods are either stuck or are being diverted to another conveyor belt - increasing the load on the latter. The offline conveyor belt creates a bottleneck as parts of the production are halted or delayed.
比如，在检查时，一位维护经理发现，一根传送带在过去几天里一直处于停用状态。半成品不能使用离线传送带传输到下一工位的生产。这些产品要么被卡住，要么被转移到另一条传送带上，这增加了后一条传输带的负载。由于部分生产停止或者延迟，离线传送带会造成瓶颈问题。
Bottlenecks aren’t exclusive to machinery - there can be administrative ones as well. Identifying such issues is one important part of improving manufacturing efficiency as it helps identify where the problems lie and address them effectively.
瓶颈并非机械所独有-也可能存在着管理方面的瓶颈。识别此类瓶颈问题，是提高生产效率的重要组成部分，因为有助于识别和解决问题。
3. Reduce Waste if Possible
如果可能，减少浪费
Waste can refer to several objects - time, energy, space, effort, materials, etc. Fortunately, inspecting the workflow and identifying the bottlenecks can highlight redundant processes, wasted materials, unused space, ventilation issues that lead to reduced productivity, and so on.
浪费，可以指：时间、能源、空间、努力、材料，等等。幸运的是，检查工作流程并确定瓶颈，可以突出显示多余的流程、浪费的材料、未用的空间、导致生产力降低的通风问题等。
Working on the issues can help reduce wastage, improve manufacturing efficiency, and even generate revenue.
解决这些问题，有助于减少浪费，提高生产效率，甚至产生收益。
Processes that create excessive waste can be worked on to bring waste down to a negligible level by using more efficient practices, materials, or equipment.
通过使用更有效的做法、材料或者设备，可以对产生过多废物的过程浪费的流程进行研究，以将浪费降低到可以忽略不计的水平。
Moreover, as recycling is a huge focus now, organizations can recycle and reuse the waste, and if not possible, then sell the recycled materials to interested parties - creating a win-win situation.
此外，由于现在回收是一个巨大的焦点，组织可以回收和再利用废弃物，如果不可能不可行，则将回收的材料出售给感兴趣方-创造双赢的局面。
One fine example is machine lubrication - doing it excessively creates problems for the equipment, builds up debris, increases costs, and wastes resources. This can be optimized with lubrication management - questions like which machinery requires how much lubrication and on which days for optimal performance must be addressed.
一个很好的例子是机器润滑—过度润滑，会给设备带来问题、残渣堆积、增加成本，并浪费资源。这机器润滑，可以通过润滑管理进行优化-必须解决诸如哪些机器需要多少润滑，以及在哪几天才能获得最佳性能等问题。
4. Provide Proper Training to Relevant Employees
为相关的员工提供适当的培训
Improving efficiency is not all about the equipment - it’s about the people who operate them as well. One of the most common yet effective ways to improve manufacturing efficiency is by helping employees understand how to operate the machinery. If the employees efficiently operate the equipment, it will lead to reduced wastage and desirable results.
提高效率，不仅仅与设备有关，还与操作设备的人员有关。提高生产效率的最常见但却最有效的方法之一是：帮助员工了解如何操作机器。如果员工能有效地操作设备，就会减少浪费，并获得理想的结果。
There are a few approaches to providing employees with the right knowledge. Teams that are directly involved with the machinery, such as the maintenance teams and machine operators, must be provided with training sessions. How the machine works, red-flags, common troubleshooting tips, as well as do’s and don’ts can be the subject of these sessions.
为员工提供适当的知识，是有一些方法的。必须为与机器直接相关的人员（例如，维护团队和机器操作员）提供培训课程。机器工作原理、危险信号、常见故障排除技巧以及该做什么和不该做什么，都可以成为这些培训的主题。
On the other hand, the machine operators need a direct approach - something which on-the-job training helps with. However, these must be closely supervised to avoid safety incidents. This also helps the machine operators work in a standardized manner - reducing waste and working in the safest and most efficient way possible.
另一方面，机器操作员需要一种直接的方法-在岗培训，这一点很有帮助。必须密切监督在岗培训，以避免发生安全事件。在岗培训，也有助于机器操作员用标准化的方式工作——减少浪费，并以最安全、最有效高效的方式工作。
Ensuring training sessions for only new employees isn’t enough - the experienced ones need training too as there might be new practices that help to handle the equipment more efficiently.
仅确保针对新员工的培训课程是不够的-有经验的员工也需要培训，因为可能会有新的做法有助于更高效地处理设备。
5. Ensure Preventive Maintenance
确保预防性维护
One of the biggest impediments to manufacturing efficiency is equipment failure and malfunctions. The saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” is applicable for equipment as well. However, for equipment, the apple is maintenance, and if organizations ensure it, then the equipment won’t be breaking down and requiring a “doctor”.
生产效率的最大障碍之一是设备故障和运转异常。“一天一苹果，医生远离我”，这句话同样适用于设备。不过，对于设备来说，“苹果”是维护，如果组织能确保维护，那么，设备就不会出现故障，并需要“医生”。
Organizations that understand this concept ensure preventive maintenance, that is, performing maintenance tasks even if the equipment is working properly. For them, utilizing solutions like CMMS software is quite common as they help streamline maintenance, improve collaboration, and simplify repairs.
了解预防性维护理念的组织，可确保预防性维护，即：即使设备正常工作，也能执行维护任务。对于这些组织来说，利用计算机化维护管理软件等解决方案非常普遍，因为它们有助于简化维护、改进协作以及简化维护。
Ensuring preventive maintenance helps organizations in several ways.
确保预防性维护以多种方式帮助组织。
Via scheduled inspections and maintenance tasks, preventive maintenance helps detect if a piece of equipment has any underlying issues. This helps address the problems before they become serious and cause malfunctions. Preventive maintenance also helps equipment operate more reliably by servicing them regularly whenever needed. Moreover, since preventive maintenance is a proactive approach, it provides constant care to the equipment, helping them last longer, compared to corrective or reactive maintenance.
通过定期检查和维护任务，预防性维护有助于探测设备是否存在潜在问题。这有助于在问题变得严重并导致运转异常之前解决问题。预防性维护，还可以通过在需要时定期维护设备来帮助设备更可靠地运行。此外，由于预防性维护是一种主动的方法，因此与纠正性维护或者反应性维护相比，预防性维护可以为设备提供持续的保养，帮助设备使用更长时间。
All of this helps the equipment run smoothly and reliably, reducing downtime in manufacturing facilities, and improving efficiency.
所有这些，都有助于设备平稳可靠地运行，减少生产设施的停机时间，并提高效率。
Efficiency is the Key to Improve Manufacturing Processes
效率，是改进生产流程的关键
Several organizations heavily focus on improving efficiency as it’s the last piece of the puzzle for them. While there will always be halts, bottlenecks, and equipment failures, some of the issues can be addressed if the right strategies are implemented - one of which is preventive maintenance. Not only does it improve manufacturing efficiency, but it also reduces workplace safety incidents and reduces replacement and repair costs down the line.
一些组织非常注重提高效率，因为这对他们来说是最后一个疑问。虽然总是会有停机、瓶颈和设备故障，而如果实施正确的策略，一些问题就可以得以解决-其中之一是：预防性维护。预防性维护，不仅提高了生产效率，还减少了工作场所的安全事件，并降低了生产线的更换和维修方面的成本。
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