Content tagged with "kaizen"
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Article
July 11, 2006
Lean implementation failures
Editor's Note: This article is adapted from Richard Kallage's presentation at Practical Lean: Successful Lean Manufacturing for Smaller & Midsized Manufacturers, Oct. 17-18, 2005, Lafayette, La., © by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA). One of the most... Read more...
Article
December 13, 2005
Bulletproof processes
Alpha Stamping Company is creating bulletproof processes. Sound dangerous? It is for competing medium-sized stampers and assemblers. While some stampers are filing for bankruptcy, Alpha's lean and mean processes have transformed the Detroit-based stamper into a formidable, $50 million... Read more...
Article
April 11, 2005
Up Around the Bend
Jim Yantzer's forte is press brakes. He's been bending metal in Seattle since the 1960s, when he worked for Boeing Company. There he first learned the ins and outs of metals, from titanium and magnesium to aluminum and steel. In 1972 he was hired as a production lead at Seattle-based Red... Read more...
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