What's limiting your shop's productivity?

• Defects in the business system – like needing permission from a supervisor who is rarely in the shop or accessible.
• Stockroom being set up incorrectly.
• Odd layout decisions – like store rooms in other buildings.
• Decisions around stocking of hard-to-get parts.
• Lack of tools and equipment.
• Lack of manuals or other documents.

Once you see where the facts are pointing, you have insight into trying to fix the problem.

Keep track of your experiments. Because whether they work or not, you know something you didn't know before.