Productive Labor Minutes Per Unit (PLMPU) isolates the time operators spend actively manufacturing parts, excluding non-production tasks like cleaning or changeovers. By stripping away these distractions, it provides a "pure" look at your manufacturing efficiency. This allows managers to see exactly how well the production process is performing when the team is focused solely on output.
How To:
L2L Support can enable the PLMPU site setting for you.
Once that is enabled, Production Admins can select the metric in the Production Settings. Admins can also set the PLMPU color thresholds for each line in the Line Setup.
You'll now see the metric on the Operator Portal, Pitch Board, Dashboards and Reports. It's also available to retrieve via the API.
Calculation:
PLMPU= (Operator Count * Planned Production Minutes) / Actual
*Since Operator Count is not constant for multiple pitches, it cannot be averaged or summed.
Troubleshooting & FAQs
- PLMPU is dependent on the correct operator count being entered on the Production Pitch Board. If a line is set up to allow operators to check in, it is dependent on operators checking in and out of a line on time.
- example: If 2 operators worked the entire pitch, the Operator Count will be 2.
- example: If 2 operators worked for half of the pitch, the Operator Count would be 1.
- You can turn on Operator Check In from: Setup > Lines > [Select a Line] > Enable Operator Portal Check In
- Select the "Default the operator count to the value of the last pitch" option in Production settings to help get the correct operator count in the pitch board.
- Use the Production Skills module to have operators log in and out of the production line. This feature automatically counts them towards the headcount of PLMPU.