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OPSM 301 Operations Management
Class 4:
Business process flows:
Measurement
Koç University
Zeynep [email protected]
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Announcements
New module: business process flows Chapter 3 Study questions and examples
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Performance Measurement
External performance strongly depends on output, input, and resource markets, and transformation effectiveness of the process
Internal performance measures: processing cost, flow time, variety, service availability...
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The Dynamics of a Process
We examine processes from the perspective of flow To study process flows, we first answer three important
questions:– On average, how many flow units pass through the process
per unit time?
– On average, how much time does a typical flow unit spend within process boundaries?
– On average, how many flow units are within process boundaries at any point in time?
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Operational Measures
On average, how many flow units pass through the process per unit time?
THROUGHPUT or FLOW RATE (R)
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Throughput or Flow Rate (R)The average output of a production process per unit time. At the firm level, it is defined as the production per unit time that is sold.
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Terminology
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Operational Measures
On average, how much time does a typical flow unit spend within process boundaries?
FLOW TIME (T)
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Terminology
Flow Time (T)The flow time (also called variously throughput time, cycle time) of a given routing is the average time from release of a job at the beginning of the routing until it reaches an inventory point at the end of the routing.
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Flow time
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Operational Measures
On average, how many flow units are within process boundaries at any point in time?
INVENTORY (I)
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Work in Process inventory (I)The average inventory between the start and end point of a product is called work in process Inventory
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WIP (9 for this realization)
Terminology
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Slope (R), verical distance (I), horizontal distance(T)
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Koç University as a process:
How many students are enrolled on average? (within the process)
Need more information? Program length is 4 year. What if program length were 6 years?
Inventory= Throughput x Flow Time12
Question
600 new students admitted on average
600 students graduate on average
X studentsenrolled
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LITTLE’S LAW
Relating throughput rate, flow time, and inventory
Throughput RateInventoryFlow Time
Inventory I[units]
Throughput Rate[units/hr]
... ...... ......
Flow Time T [hrs]
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...Inventory I
[units]
Throughput Rate[units/hr]
... ...... ...
Flow Time T [hrs]
Time=0
...Inventory I
[units]
Throughput Rate[units/hr]
... ...... ...
Flow Time T [hrs]
Time=t
...Inventory I
[units]
Throughput Rate[units/hr]
... ...... ...
Flow Time T [hrs]
Time=FT
Understanding Little’s Law: Consider a first come first served Queue
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An Intuitive Argument for Little's Law
Consider a process with the FCFS queue discipline
An order departs the process: At this moment there are I (Inventory) orders within the process
The orders that are in the process now are the ones that came after our departing order had arrived, in other words, they arrived during the waiting period of the departing order
Since order arrival rate is equal to the throughput rate, we have the following relationship:
Inventory = Throughput Rate x Flow Time
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Little’s Law basics
Little’s Law is for a system in steady state: input rate = output rate
Applies to most systems, even those with variability
Uses AVERAGE values
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Example: flow unit is material
Fast food restaurant processes an average of 5000kgs, of hamburgers per week. Typical inventory of raw meat in cold storage is 2500kg.
Throughput R=5000kg/week Average Inventory I=2500 kg. Average flow time T=I/R=2500/5000=0.5 weeks
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Example: flow unit is customers
A café in Beyoglu serves on average 60 customers per night. A typical night is about 10 hours. At any point there are on average 18 customers in the café.
Throughput R=60 customers/night; 6 customers/hour
Average Inventory I=18 customers Average flow time T= I/R= 3 hours
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Example: flow unit is cash
A steel company processes $400 million of iron ore per year. The cost of processing is $200 million per year. The average inventory is $100 million. How long does a typical dollar spend in the process?
R=$600 million/year I=$100 million T=I/R=1/6 year or 2 months
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Example: Auto-Moto Financial Services
Auto-moto provides loans to qualified customers. The company receives about 1000 loan applications per 30-day working month and makes accept/reject decisions based on an extensive review of each application
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Auto-Moto Financial Services
Currently, Auto-Moto processes each application individually. On average, 20% of all applications received approval. An internal audit showed that, on average, Auto-Moto had about 500 applications in process at various stages of the approval procedure, but on which no decisions had yet been made.
In response to customer complaints about the time taken to process each application, Auto-Moto called in OPSM Consulting Inc.
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Current System
1000/month200/month
800/month
review
500
accept
reject
20%
80%
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Example: cont’d
OPSM Consulting found out that although most applications could be processed rather quickly, some took a disproportionate amount of time because of insufficient and/or unclear documentation. They suggested the following Process II:
Because, the percentage of approved applications is fairly low, and Initial Review Team should be set up to pre-process all applications according to strict but fairly mechanical guidelines.
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Auto-Moto Financial Services
Each application would fall into one of three categories: type A (looks excellent), type B (needs more detailed evaluation), and type C (reject summarily). Type A and B applications would be forwarded to different specialist subgroups
Each subgroup would then evaluate the applications in its domain and make accept/reject decisions
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Example: (cont’d)
Process II was implemented on an experimental basis. The company found out that, on average, 25% of all applications were of type A, 25% were of B, and 50% were of C. Typically, about 70% of type A and 10% of B were approved on review.
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Example (cont’d)
Internal audit checks showed that, on average, 200 applications were with the Initial Review Team undergoing preprocessing. Only 25 were with the Subgroup A Team undergoing the next stage of processing and approximately 150 were with the Subgroup B Team
Auto-moto would like to determine if the implemented changes have improved service performance.
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Proposed System
initialreview
1000/month
200
Subgroup Areview
Subgroup Breview
accept
reject
200/month
800/month
25%
25%
50%
70%
30%
10%
90%
25
150
C
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Proposed System
initialreview
R=1000/month
I=200
Subgroup Areview
Subgroup Breview
accept
reject
200/month
800/month
25%
25%
50%
70%
30%
10%
90%
I=25
I=150
C
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New process
Flow units: applications Initial review: R=1000, I=200 T=0.2 months or 6 days Team A: R=250, I=25, T=3 days Team B: R=250, I=150, T=18days Type A: 9 days Type B: 24 days Type C: 6 days Average: R=1000, I=375, T=11.25 days
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New process: different flow unit definition
Flow units: approved/rejected applications
Approved: 70% of Type A and 10% of Type B= 0.7(250)+0.1(250)=175+25=200 applications/month
Tapproved=175/(175+25)*(TIR+TA)+ 25/(175+25)*(TIR+TB) = (175/200)*9 +(25/200)*24=10.875 days
Rejected: 30% of Type A and 90% of Type B and all C= 75+225+500=800 applications/month
Treject=11.343 days
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Key learnings: Little’s Law
Relates three leading performance measures based on process flows: throughput, inventory, flow time
Applies to processes in steady state Important to
– First determine process boundaries for analysis– Then identify appropriate flow unit for your analysis