Phil Coy

Director of strategic services

Phil Coy, the managing director of strategic services for mcaConnect, is responsible for manufacturing excellence. His 30+ years of professional experience (13 years using lean) include more than 25 enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations. Coy specializes in high mix/low volume lean implementation and complex manufacturing. He is the designer of mcaConnect’s Areteium lean transformation software supporting future state design, modeling, and planning for complex manufacturing. His industry experience includes industrial equipment, specialty metals, chemicals (process), electronics, medical devices, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 09:42
Understanding Takt Time in Dynamics AX Tips for calculating HMLV value streams
Tue, 01/28/2014 - 09:42
Let’s take a look at takt time and cycle time in the enterprise resource planning software, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Elsewhere I’ve noted the common misunderstanding in lean terminology between takt time and cycle time. At first it seemed…
Using EPEI to Visualize Capacity Every part every interval is a lean metric that can help improve the value stream
Thu, 01/16/2014 - 11:07
Every part every interval (EPEI) is my favorite lean metric for high mix/low volume (HMLV) value streams, and it’s probably the least known. It’s especially helpful when changeovers are a significant portion of capacity, as frequently is the case…