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Line Balancing & Layout Optimisation

Smooth flow with less walking, waiting and handling.

Productivity Improvement

Unbalanced lines and poor layouts create bottlenecks, idle time and unnecessary movement. We time-study each operation, rebalance work to takt time and redesign layouts for flow, safety and flexibility.

What’s included

Takt time and cycle time analysis
Time and motion studies
Work content rebalancing
Spaghetti diagrams and travel analysis
Cell and line layout design
Implementation and trial runs

What you receive

01Line balance charts
02New layout drawings
03Updated standard work
04Productivity results

Benefits

Higher output per person

Work shared evenly across the team.

Less motion

Shorter travel and handling distances.

Safer workplace

Clear, organised flow paths.

Where this fits in the process

Productivity improvement cycle
  1. 01
    MeasureOEE, output and losses
  2. 02
    AnalyseConstraint and loss Pareto
  3. 03
    ImproveSMED, balancing, layout
  4. 04
    StandardiseStandard work and KPIs
  5. 05
    SustainDaily management
Repeat on the next constraint
StageDecision gate / approval
Typical scope for Productivity Improvement

1–2 week diagnostic, followed by a 3–6 month implementation program.

On-site, working alongside your operations team. Every engagement starts with a free consultation and a fixed-scope proposal.

Start a conversation

Let’s turn your next idea into a market-ready product.

Whether it’s a bold new product, a strategy that needs sharpening or an operation that should be doing more, a conversation with a senior consultant is the fastest way to find out what’s possible.

  • Free initial consultation with a senior engineer
  • Response within one business day
  • Confidentiality and NDA available on request
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