Refurbishment and repair include the additional processes of Receiving, Disassembly, Inspection, and Disposition that manufacturing does not. These added processes increase the variability and uncertainty, making the application of Lean or Theory of Constraints more challenging. We at Kisling Consultants have many years of experience in repair businesses and are comfortable with these additional challenges.
We have applied all of the same Lean and Theory of Constraints solutions to repairs that we have to manufacturing, including the creation of moving lines, with the same excellent results.
Repair v. Manufacturing Processes