House Building Game Memo
Round 1
In round 1, people were sitting based on their role and not with their team. This led to a very inefficient process because people really couldn’t talk to each other and a forklift was required after every step to move the inventory. Some steps in the process were quite easy and the people working on those steps would sit idle while other steps would become backed up because they could not help other stations.
I observed two possible bottlenecks with the base press and base assembly. The base press seemed to require a lot of cutting while the base assembly required careful folding and stapling which could be inadequate if it were rushed.
Because quality control could not see the houses before the end of assembly, some houses were rejected after a lot of effort from various people. If quality control could observe the entire process, they could have stepped in wherever they saw poor quality and actions could have been taken to fix the problem there instead of having it go all the way through and then being rejected.
Redesign
In the second round, the lavender team decided that we would sit together so that the time between stations would be minimized to almost nothing. The base press and roof press also cut more than one sheet at a time to increase their efficiency and there were no strict roles so that people could assist other when they were finished with their task.
Round 2
In round 2, it seemed like the team was able to push the houses out of assembly a lot faster. When the individual steps did not have to rely on a forklift to move their inventory after every step, they were able to cut down on waiting time. The multiple sheet cutting meant that the time at the presses was reduce by nearly 75% because they were now cutting 4 sheets as opposed to the normal 1 in round 1.
Quality control also played a greater part in the process and provided instant feedback after every step to make sure that extra time and effort was not put in a
In round 1, people were sitting based on their role and not with their team. This led to a very inefficient process because people really couldn’t talk to each other and a forklift was required after every step to move the inventory. Some steps in the process were quite easy and the people working on those steps would sit idle while other steps would become backed up because they could not help other stations.
I observed two possible bottlenecks with the base press and base assembly. The base press seemed to require a lot of cutting while the base assembly required careful folding and stapling which could be inadequate if it were rushed.
Because quality control could not see the houses before the end of assembly, some houses were rejected after a lot of effort from various people. If quality control could observe the entire process, they could have stepped in wherever they saw poor quality and actions could have been taken to fix the problem there instead of having it go all the way through and then being rejected.
Redesign
In the second round, the lavender team decided that we would sit together so that the time between stations would be minimized to almost nothing. The base press and roof press also cut more than one sheet at a time to increase their efficiency and there were no strict roles so that people could assist other when they were finished with their task.
Round 2
In round 2, it seemed like the team was able to push the houses out of assembly a lot faster. When the individual steps did not have to rely on a forklift to move their inventory after every step, they were able to cut down on waiting time. The multiple sheet cutting meant that the time at the presses was reduce by nearly 75% because they were now cutting 4 sheets as opposed to the normal 1 in round 1.
Quality control also played a greater part in the process and provided instant feedback after every step to make sure that extra time and effort was not put in a