Lesson video

Hello, my name's Mrs. Taylor, and I'm so glad you can join me for our lesson today.

Our lesson today is Time planning: papers and boards.

This is part of the Iterative design: Nature Unit.

The outcome.

I can plan the manufacture of my design using a timeline.

We have three keywords, time planning, which is organising and scheduling tasks efficiently.

Gantt chart, a way of displaying tasks in a horizontal bar chart.

And stages of making, the sequential steps involved in creating something.

We have two learning cycles, time planning and Gantt charts.

Let's get started.

Strong project management skills can lead to successful outcomes.

Project management skills include time planning, communication, problem solving, risk management, budgeting, decision-making, and collaboration.

Time planning is crucial in project management because it ensures tasks are completed efficiently, deadlines are met, and resources are used effectively.

It helps to meet deadlines, increase productivity, improve resource allocation, reduce stress, and enhances decision-making.

Let's have a check.

What is crucial in project management? Is it A, stress planning, B, work planning, C, time planning, or D, office planning? Pause the video and have a go.

That's right.

It's time planning.

Well done.

Manufacturing a product from start to finish can present many challenges.

Planning time efficiently can help to reduce those challenges.

Manufacturers will produce detailed plans for the manufacture of their products.

This ensures consumer demand is met, cost efficiency, identifies and prevents bottlenecks, highlights supply chain delays, and improves productivity.

We have another check.

Being able to plan time during the manufacturing stage can improve A, demand, B, productivity, C, iterations, or D, efficiency?.

Pause the video and have a go.

Fantastic.

Let's check.

That's right.

It's B and D, both productivity and efficiency.

Well done.

An example of when time planning could have been better is the manufacture of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing planned to deliver the first aircraft by 2008, but the first commercial flight didn't happen until 2011.

Boeing relied heavily on global suppliers, but failed to properly coordinate timelines, leading to delays.

Suppliers struggled to meet deadlines and Boeing had to take over some production processes.

The impact was, three-year delay resulted in billions of dollars of extra costs.

The airline suffered financial losses due to postponed deliveries.

And the reputation damage for Boeing, as customers lost confidence.

A way of improving time planning during manufacturing is to use the just-in-time, or JIT, strategy.

JIT is where materials and components are delivered only when needed, reducing waste, storage costs, and production delays.

It was first pioneered in the 1950s and is now used widely in manufacturing to improve efficiency.

Let's have a check.

Just-in-time, JIT, is where materials and components are delivered A, every day, B, after when needed, C, every month, or D, only when needed? Pause the video and have a go.

Fantastic.

Let's check.

That's right.

It's D.

Only when needed.

A lead time refers to the time it takes from initiating a project or order until the final product or service is delivered or completed.

Different sectors of the industry have different lead times.

The construction industry is known for long lead times.

This is due to the time needed to acquire permits, procure specialised materials, and coordinate labour.

Task A.

Think about making a hot drink at home, like a cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.

Part A.

Identify the major stages of making for this drink in six steps or less, and part B, predict a lead time for this activity by thinking about how long each stage would take to complete.

Part two, you will now apply project management thinking to making this hot drink.

Answer the following questions.

A, identify two bottlenecks that contributed to wasting time during the task, and B, how could you apply a just-in-time strategy to this task to minimise wasting time? Pause the video.

Fantastic.

Let's look at some of the answers you may have come up with.

Part 1, A, making a cup of tea.

Fill up and put the kettle on to boil, two minutes.

Find a mug or a cup and put a tea bag in, 30 seconds.

Pour the water into the mug and allow it to brew, One minute.

Get the milk from the fridge and pour into the mug, 30 seconds.

Remove the teabag and stir the drink, 30 seconds.

Jacob predicts that the lead time for this task would be 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

And Alex said for his answer to Part 2, A, "Two bottlenecks that would waste time during this task are waiting for the kettle to boil and for the teabag to brew." Part B.

"Applying a JIT strategy means components are delivered when needed.

A quick boil kettle or a boiling water tap will deliver hot water when needed.

Collecting the milk and the spoon as the teabag is brewing is an efficient use of this time and enables these components to be delivered when needed." Well done.

We now move to the second learning cycle, Gantt charts.

A tool that is well known and used in project management for time planning is a Gantt chart.

A Gantt chart is a way of displaying tasks in a horizontal bar chart that visually displays a schedule over time.

Gantt charts can be used to plan entire projects, but using them for individual phases, like making, can improve efficiency at crucial stages.

Let's have a check.

A tool that is well known and used in project management for time planning is a? Pause the video.

Let's check.

That's right.

It's a Gantt chart.

Laura has designed an accessible herb planter.

She wants to produce a timeline for the manufacturing stage.

Laura has decided to focus on one component at a time.

The first step is to identify the stages of making involved in manufacturing the component.

It can be helpful to do this using numbers.

One, source five millimetre corrugated cardboard.

Two, complete drawing on CAD.

Laura will now use those stages of making to help her construct a Gantt chart.

The making stages in the column on the left, some additional details, and the time period in a row across the top.

Let's have another check.

Referring to a manufacturing Gantt chart, what is on the left in a column? Is it A, stages of time, B, stages of making, C, stages of designing, D, stages of the week? Pause the video and have a go.

Fantastic.

Let's check.

That's right.

It's stages of making.

Well done.

Laura goes through each making stage and fills in the box or cell for when that stage of making will happen on the timeline.

Making stage six will happen over weeks three and four.

Laura adds a key to indicate the meaning of the status column to help with tracking the progress of making.

Green means completed, amber means pending, and red means not started.

This is the status key.

Additional details are filled in, a title and component name is added.

Quality control checks are considered and Laura has a completed Gantt chart.

Task B.

Using a previous design that you have created, construct a Gantt chart for the manufacturing stage.

Complete this for one component only, and use the same format as below.

Let's have a look at some of the answers you may have come up with.

Your answer could look like this.

Well done.

Here is a summary of our learning today.

Strong project management skills can lead to successful outcomes.

These skills include time planning.

Manufacturers will produce detailed plans for the manufacture of their products.

Time planning ensures tasks are completed efficiently, deadlines are met, and resources are used effectively.

Lead times are calculated, and the strategy just-in-time, or JIT, is used to reduce waste.

A tool used for time planning is a Gantt chart.

This is a way of displaying tasks in a horizontal bar chart that visually displays a schedule over time.

A Gantt chart supports in the scheduling of tasks and helps with organisation, tracking, and quality control.

Thank you for joining me today, and well done.