Tag Archive for 'Lean'

The Importance of Quality in Successful Lean Implementations

As a seasoned Industrial Engineer and Lean practitioner, I am highly sensitive to the importance of creating and operating efficient businesses and production operations. However, …

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Industrial Components Manufacturing Business

The Challenge: This business with 50 personnel and a 40,000 square foot facility was plagued with poor financial performance, product quality problems, excessive inventories, space …

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Turnaround and Restructuring – Measuring the Cost of Delay

In continuing the discussion on the high cost of delays in making decisions, an important issue is to understand that delays in decision-making to take …

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Retail Product Manufacturing Business

The Challenge: This was a $25M machining and assembly division that was experiencing high operating losses, providing poor customer service and suffering market share loss. …

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Distribution and Manufacturing Business

The Challenge: A $50M distribution and manufacturing business was capacity constrained because of floor space, in-house truck body manufacturing, and the specialized job skills of …

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