CONTINUOUS FLOW
YUKSEL BOZKURT Aeronautical Engr, Ph.D.
AIEA AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 Aerospace Industry Experience Lead Auditor / ASA100 auditor/ISO 22163 IRIS Lead auditor/Business Excellence/Defne Engineering
In today s economical changes, it is difficult to be alive and competitive for most of the companies. Continuous flow is vital for a company growth. There are several advantages to apply it in an organization.
One of the advantage is customer satisfaction. If Customer products are delivered not only in batches but also in amounts that customer needs, it helps both. Manufacturer will not need extra area to keep products and customer will be happy to have products when it is needed.
The other advantage is currency flow. If a company reduces wastes in finance and by using lean continuous flow techniques, beginning from product delivery, waiting time for customer response to invoice will be reduced.
Additionally employees will be satisfied when they see that there are no stops on their work processes, they will be motivated and they will be willing to add more values to the company. Moreover, by owning the business, they could help company growth.
Lastly, application of continuous flow, helps to companies to have quality management standard ISO9001:2015 easily. Because all processes are aligned with company s strategy by using it. Consequently , business will be more smooth.
As a result, continuous flow helps to companies to be competitive, make more business by reducing wastes in their processes. It brings into open win-win situation for both customer and the company.