Illustrative sample. The plant, the weeks and the footage are synthetic.

Pythia Industries
Sample Plant
Back to Welding's queue is nearly gone after falling a third day

Ultrasonic welding. Sep 7 to Sep 10. ERP order records.

How the parts waiting at welding came down day by day

What it shows: The ERP counts the sets of parts waiting to be welded and how many days of work that adds up to.

Why it proves the point: The queue held at about 9,000 until the night shift started welding, then fell by about 3,000 a day.

From the plant's ERPERP order records
DateCounted atSets of parts waitingDays of work waiting
Sep 7Start of day shift9,0003 days
Sep 8Start of day shift9,0003 days
Sep 8End of night shift6,0002 days
Sep 9End of night shift3,0001 day
Sep 10End of day shift1,500Half a day