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Cellular Manufacturing

Project Benefit Methods
Implemented flow manufacturing in cartridge heater product line. Reduced cycle time from 10 to 2 days on make to order products and got service levels up to 95%. Kaizen Blitz, JIT, Kanban, Level Workload, Pull, Flow, DFMA
Introduced cellular manufacturing for the production of a major machinery component that represented over $1 MM in aftermarket sales for a food processing capital equipment manufacturer. Negotiated with Union to incorporate the classification. Union members, suppliers and engineering were part of the process design team. Implementation from conception to full operation took 10 weeks. Cut cycle time from 300 days to 5. Cut inventories by $800 M. Saved $200 M per year. Kaizen Blitz, JIT, Kanban, Level Workload, Pull, Flow, DFMA, SMED
Implemented cellular manufacturing for the production of a new heat exchanger product line. Implemented in 6 weeks from inception to production. Kaizen Blitz, JIT, Kanban, Level Workload, Pull, Flow, DFMA