About the author
Colquitt L. Davis III
Colquitt L. Davis III is a visionary industrial transformation leader, author, and systems architect. Drawing on 28 years of manufacturing expertise and credentials in Integrated Work Systems and Lean Six Sigma, he spearheads manufacturing start-ups, develops high-performing leadership teams, and designs innovative operating systems that bring the UNHIDDEN methodology to life.
The book: UNHIDDEN: Find the Hidden Factory, Price Every Loss, and Kill It, available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
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What is the hidden factory in manufacturing?The hidden factory is the capacity a plant loses to stops, slow running, rework and waiting that never shows up on the production report. Here is how to see it, price it and kill it.How to put a price on downtime: the cost of one lost minuteA simple, defensible formula for what one minute of line time is worth, with a worked example, and the mistakes that make downtime numbers fall apart in front of finance.OEE losses explained: the six big losses and how to find themOEE breaks a line's performance into availability, performance and quality. Here is what the six big losses are, how OEE is calculated with a worked example, and how to use it without fooling yourself.