Challenging Status Quo
Looking at the gap between historical performance and theoretical best performance under ideal circumstances, it asks the questions “what is possible?” and “what is needed to get there?”
Technical Limit is a systematic approach, which results in an accelerated learning curve for the crew, continuous improvement, the development of a knowledge management system, and immediate financial gains due to time savings and reduced errors.
Key focus areas for a successful Technical Limit implementation are Conventional Non-Productive Time (NPT), and Invisible Lost Time (ILT).
In many work environments, certain levels of NPT and ILT are accepted as status quo. The Technical Limit challenges this acceptance by implementing continuous improvement thinking and redefining the critical path. Taking any non-critical steps of the process away from the critical path minimizes errors, disruption, and delays.
Implementing a Technical Limit approach will result in significant step change in performance. Part of a successful implementation is in anticipating this step change and the implications on hardware lead times, resources, and follow up activities.