Performing the ORE Study

MAX's operational consultants' team will map all entities to be sampled capturing all states. The data will be entered in the "Sampleton" database. Our team can typically accomplish an ORE study in 4 to 5 weeks.

• First two weeks spent on preparations:
• Interviews
• Activities mapping
• Etc.
• Third week is a 24X7 sampling process
• Last two weeks are spent on analysis and improvement roadmap preparation

Preparation:

• Defining the most important resources to measure, looking for the constraint resources.
• Preparing a clear definition of all the activities (states) performed by these resources and how to differentiate between those states.
• Communicating the purpose of the study to the floor.
• The activity list is entered into the database and the actual study starts.

The time study is a process in which a sampler visits resources on a repetitive basis every given time (10 to 15 minutes typically) and notes the state this resource is in.