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November 2023 #15292 Page #25
Better Than 10% Labor Savings Proven Method Endorsement By Scott Arquilla or years, TDC has promoted the idea of using reliable estimated work minutes (R.E., S.U., Man-Minutes) for scheduling, pricing, and understanding true labor efficiencies. The most important aspect of properly developed work minutes is that you can create a short scheduling time standards system. In essence, you show the workers, such as a workstation assembly crew, how much time it should take for them to complete their task, like a batch run. Then periodically, such as every other hour, their progress of actual versus estimated can be checked.
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And, it’s not only me who firmly believes in this method. Retired component manufacturer, and former WTCA President, Scott Arquilla is not shy about sharing his thoughts on the matter. In fact, he was co-author on an article almost twenty years ago on the subject: Houlihan: Recipe for Production Success by Libby Walters with Scott Arquilla, SBC Magazine, December 2004. Scott took the time to speak with me at the 2023 BCMC to show gratitude for my efforts to help CMs and to express his encouragement that I keep preaching the benefits of the Houlihan methodology. Here, I’m pleased to share this testimonial from Scott on how effective this scheduling process is in the very real world of wood truss component manufacturing.
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