The packaging line changeover was slow today, and I discovered the real bottleneck is the first-article inspection.

Today, the packaging line switched from 8oz to 12oz. The planned changeover time was 35 minutes, but it actually dragged on for nearly an hour. Everyone was focused on the mechanical adjustments, but after timing it on-site, I found that equipment adjustment only took 18 minutes. The real delays were in waiting back and forth for labels, date codes, and first-article inspection. To handle this…