Build Time Assessment
To assess a Build Time of a machine, product, or system - one needs to sum of several steps. This assumes that product design, BOM, and production engineering is already documented. To assess build time, one needs to be able to document:
- Number of people doing the build
- Number of machines/products being built
- Condition of satisfaction for a complete build
- Build
- Testing
- Calibrating
- Time that it takes to source all materials
- ordering
- shipping
- pickup
- receiving
- legalities
- financial overhead
- other
- Time it takes to prepare:
- Workshop space preparation
- Tool preparation or securing tools
- Unpacking tools and materials
- Distributing tools and materials to work stations
- Time it takes to build:
- Cut list: precutting to length, drilling etc.
- Parts manufacturing - milling, cutting, welding, etc.
- Assembly - Module 1
- Assembly - Module 2
- ... Module n
- Module quality control/testing/calibration - module 1-n
- Final assembly
- Time it takes to finish:
- Final cleanup, buffing, painting, grinding
- Final quality control
- Final Testing
- Final Calibration
- Cleanup