Cost is often the output, not the root cause.
Low plant utilisation, unbalanced cycles, restricted access, queueing, rehandling and unrealistic production assumptions can raise unit cost long before the commercial report identifies a trend.
PMDCS approach
Break the operation into production steps, quantify capacities and losses, identify the controlling resource and test alternative combinations against time, cost, quality and execution constraints.
Typical outputs
- Cycle and productivity model
- Resource utilisation assessment
- Controlling-resource identification
- Alternative methodology comparison
- Cost exposure and optimisation opportunities