Reducing Rejection Discrete Process
Assembly
Flowers Processing & Packaging unit
Primary Rejects Trend Before Kaizen Instruction for cut length After
Instruction for cut length Before
0,09 0,08
0,07 0,06 0,05 0,04
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0,03
Crates pushed in the pack-house
Use of trolleys
0,02
0,00
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Wrongly Placed brooms
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Incorrect Position of Wrapping
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Results : Primary Rejects after Kaizen
After 0,07 0,06 0,05 0,04 0,03
Counting after Harvesting
Counting while Harvesting
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Annual Savings of 5.1 M’ Ksh Poor Arrangement on Trailer
Proper Arrangement on Trailer 2
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