Lean Thinking and Load Shedding in South Africa

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Lean Thinking and Load Shedding in South Africa
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Carlo Scodanibbio, Management Consultant, South Africa

Lean Thinking may well solve the Load Shedding problem in South Africa.

Lean Thinking and Load Shedding in South Africa
From a few years already, a new wording is becoming more used and popular in South Africa: "Load Shedding".
WHAT IS LOAD SHEDDING
Load shedding is a measure of last resort taken by Eskom (South Africa's largest producer of electricity) when power demand begins to exceed possible supply. To avoid a nationwide blackout and total collapse of the power grid, Eskom rations the available supply between different districts according to a published schedule. (Source: Bing. Com)
So, Load Shedding means that - at certain, pre-planned times of the day or the night - the Mains Power Supply is cut-off, or disconnected, for a duration of approximately 2 hours, to private, commercial and industrial dwellings; in pre-planned areas of the Country. This may happen once, twice, three times and even 4 times a day. According to a well-conceived schedule, that:
# Takes into consideration available supply and demand in any given area or district
# Accordingly, sets a plan to ration the available supply to each area or district
# In a spirit of justice or fairness, i.e. without penalizing any area or district - in rotation throughout the day

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