Improving Your Shop’s Cycle Time (PM215E01) – I-CAR Canada

This course begins with a brief review of what cycle time is and how it can be broken down into shorter sub-cycle times. An assessment is made of the shop’s current cycle time and where there may be time bandits lurking that are making the repair process inefficient. The course will offer strategies for eliminating various time bandits and improvement suggestions.
After completing this course, students will be able to: assess the shop’s current cycle time, identify opportunities to improve cycle time in the areas of customer contact, scheduling, parts handling, organization, and eliminating waste, observe and assess the shop’s repair process through process walkthroughs and identify specific cycle time improvement solutions and how to implement them.