Our Successes
Processes
Cellular Manufacturing
Project
| Benefit
| Methods
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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 |
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