Your plant can ship more. One step is holding it back.
Kuvia finds that step, builds your production schedule around it, and trains your people to keep it running.
- No new system to learn
- Works with your business system
- Your data stays yours
| Order | Due | Time used | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-1042 | Mon | 92% of time used | Act today |
| A-1047 | Tue | 71% of time used | Watch |
| A-1051 | Tue | 58% of time used | Watch |
| A-1055 | Wed | 34% of time used | On track |
| A-1058 | Thu | 22% of time used | On track |
| A-1060 | Fri | 9% of time used | On track |
Sound familiar?
It’s rarely the people. It’s one step setting the pace — and a schedule that ignores it.
Built from work across
- Metal fabrication
- Industrial equipment
- Medical devices
- Hydraulics
- Food & beverage
- Consumer products
- Plastics & packaging
- Semiconductors
- Aerospace
- Process & refining
- Distribution
If two or more of these sound familiar, we should talk.
Production scheduling built around the bottleneck works best in make-to-order and high-mix plants where one step sets the pace.
- Orders ship late while some machines sit idle
- Expediting decides what runs next
- Work in process piles up between steps
- Overtime is the plan, not the exception
- Your business system’s schedule and the floor rarely agree
From order to shipment, in one system.
Your production schedule runs the full cycle around the bottleneck — not just the next shift.
- PlanSchedule built around the bottleneck
- ReleaseWork released only when it’s complete and needed
- RunProgress at every step, in quantities
- ProtectBuffers flag what needs help today
- DeliverOn-time delivery, week by week
A schedule the floor can actually follow.
Release, buffers and delivery — all from your plant’s own data.
| Order | Kit | Action |
|---|---|---|
| A-1063 | Ready | Release Mon |
| A-1064 | Ready | Release Mon |
| A-1066 | Missing material | Hold |
| A-1067 | Ready | Release Tue |
| A-1070 | Waiting on drawing | Hold |
The fix is simple.
Every plant has one constraint that limits output. Schedule around it and the whole plant flows.
- 1Find the bottleneckThe one step that limits what you ship.
- 2Protect itIt never waits for work.
- 3Pace everything to itRelease work only as fast as it can take it.
Work piles up everywhere. Orders get later.
Work waits in one place. Orders flow.
Illustration, not plant data.
A better schedule, plus the people to make it stick.
Inventory that serves the bottleneck.
Too much stock ties up cash; too little stops the line. We size it around the flow.
- Inventory buffers with minimum and maximum levels
- Replenishment tied to what is actually used
- Late supplier parts flagged before they stop the line
- Work released only when its kit is complete
A proven playbook, not a blank page.
Every implementation follows the same sequence, adapted to your plant.
- Weeks 1–2See it
Floor walk, your data loaded, the bottleneck named with evidence.
- Weeks 3–4Set it up
The schedule set up on your plant, buffers sized, schedulers and supervisors trained.
- Weeks 5–6Go live
The schedule runs on the floor and the daily buffer meeting starts.
- Months 2–4Make it stick
Coaching until your team runs it. Results tracked against day one.
Lessons built into every rollout.
Stabilise before you optimise
If the floor runs on expediting, the first job is stability. Change an unstable system and you can’t tell what worked.
The floor’s answer wins
When the system’s routings disagree with what actually happens, we fix the data — not the people.
A short daily meeting beats a monthly review
Reds discussed every morning, with an owner and a date, is what keeps the gains.
Before you ask.
Is this software we have to buy and learn?
No new system to learn. We set up a simple scheduling board from your own data, train your scheduler and supervisors, and it runs alongside the business system you already have.
How long until the schedule is running?
The new schedule goes live on your floor in the six-week Sprint. Coaching continues until your team runs it without us.
Do we have to replace our business system?
No. The schedule is built from the report exports of the system you already have.
What do you need from us?
Leadership behind it, access to your data, and time from your scheduler and supervisors.
What if our data is messy?
It usually is. Part of the work is finding where routings don’t match the floor, and fixing that first.
Who owns the schedule once you leave?
Your team. The scheduler builds it and your supervisors run the daily meeting.
Is our data kept confidential?
Yes. Your data stays in your setup, and we never name clients.
A Story of Excellence
How manufacturers get a competitive edge by scheduling the whole plant around what really limits it. Ten pages, free.
Get the free guideSee it on a plan like yours.
Tell us about your plant. We’ll show you a schedule built around your bottleneck, and say whether it fits.