Object Velocity
Object Velocity is the speed an object moves through your factory: distance traveled divided by elapsed time. MonitorZ raises it to double throughput with the same equipment and crew.
What Is Object Velocity?
Object Velocity is the rate at which a physical object — a material lot, a work-in-process unit, a finished good — moves through your production flow. It is calculated as distance traveled through the flow divided by elapsed time. High velocity means you convert raw material into shipped product fast; low velocity means objects are waiting. Most factories are flow-limited, not capacity-limited: units spend 80–95% of their life waiting between steps.
Double Output Without New Machines
MonitorZ gives every object identity and a live location, timestamps each transition, and computes velocity continuously. Live flow maps expose exactly where objects stall so you can remove the waiting. A Ford F-150 supplier used this method to go from 178 to 406 units per run — same line, same crew, no new equipment.
- Detect every material lot, WIP unit, and finished good in real time
- Measure Object Velocity = distance traveled ÷ elapsed time
- Expose and remove the hidden waiting between steps
- Tie every velocity gain to throughput, WIP reduction, and ROI
- Roll out from a single-line pilot to the whole plant