The main purpose of this article is to present an author’s methodology of production levelling
and to show the impact of levelling on the time during which the product passes
through the process and on staff performance. The article presents the analysis of literature
concerning the method of improving the production process, especially taking production
levelling into consideration. The authors focussed on the definition and methodologies of
production levelling. A diagram of interrelations showing determinants and efficiency measures
of production levelling as well as an author’s production levelling methodology have
been presented. An example of the implementation of production levelling in one of the departments
of a company manufacturing surgical instruments has also been shown. Analysis
of the current state, stages of implementation and end effects have been presented. Attention
was focussed on the time during which the product passes through the process and on staff
performance.