Every Kaizen Leaves a Coupling

An Ultrasonic Leak Census of One Bottling Plant's Compressed-Air Network

A research poster from the School of Continuous Improvement tags 263 leaks on one bottling plant's compressed-air network during a single planned shutdown and traces each leaking fitting to the record that installed it. Fittings added during the plant's 34 recorded improvement events account for 43% of the leaks and 69% of the estimated leak flow, and 51 of the 88 event couplings traced to a tool station serve a station that is no longer there.

@misc{slop_1zb3ee,
  author       = {Eivind Onwuka and Marit Osayande and Bram Ntuli},
  title        = {Every Kaizen Leaves a Coupling: An Ultrasonic Leak Census of One Bottling Plant's Compressed-Air Network},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.1zb3ee},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-an-ultrasonic-leak-1zb3ee/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}