Thread by @perezmunyao

@typesfast This is how we did it but the circumstances were different. 🧵

https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834

1/11 Start with the quick wins. From the moment a vessel is along berth; the tying of mooring ropes, putting the gangway down, lashers onboarding, unlashing and discharging the 1st container should take 45 minutes.

2/11 You need to raise the average container moves per hour to 40 as a minimum (this is for the entire shift). To achieve this, give incentives to RTG/RMG operators, Crane operators, Truck/Chassis drivers and clerks along the berth. Create a community of connected performance.

3/11 The same target of 40 container moves per hour should be cascaded to yard planners and berth planners. A poorly planned shift is a expensive. It may cause over deployment (idle gangs on payroll) or under deployment of resources (missed service level agreement targets).

4/11 Have data points that would show you a slow crew of crane > RTG > RMG > Chassis operators. (this needed ANOVA). Other obvious signs were idle spreaders, yard queues and reduced truck activity along the berth. You can tell you are having a bad shift before seeing the data.

5/11 Fit the Chassis (trucks) with a screen that shows the yard location during discharge and vessel location during loading operations. For RTG/RMG their screens showed yard location, stacking height and chassis to pick from or load to.

6/11 Optimize the Chassis. Provide prime route support between 2 locations (Yard > Berth). A chassis that doesn't complete a move within 10 minutes should get your attention.

7/11 Optimize transshipment containers (containers discharged from one ship and loaded on the other). Minimize use of yard space as much as possible.

8/11 Monitor overall equipment effectiveness, stock on fast moving parts, prioritize preventive maintenance and shorten your response time (for breakdowns) to under 12 minutes.

9/11 For vessel departure, the ship crew should onboard 1 hour before the last container is loaded and tug boats on standby along the berth.

10/11 After the last container is lashed, lashers should get off the vessel, gangway pulled up, mooring ropes removed and tug boats start pulling the vessel away. This should not exceed 30 minutes.

11/11 A bottleneck is created by many things, design error or different types of waste in transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, over processing and defects. You need the right team to solve this and listen to the data. Expect resistance (stakeholder management should help).