
Distance + Prioritization + Pick Venue = Location
By optimizing your pick area for shipping operations you can reduce costs, speed products to market and increase customer satisfaction.
DPA Helps Supplier Resolve Inventory and Return to Vendor Issues
A fast-growing supplier of tankless water heaters experienced a high rate of inventory errors. DPA supported the work of a kaizen team within the company to identify and solve process
How to Balance Your Preventive Maintenance Workload
Are you tired of that month, quarter or year-end crunch to get your preventive maintenance (PM) work done? Minimize the chance of this happening again.
Finished Goods Strategy
DPA’s Kaizen team helped a medical device manufacturer implement a finished goods strategy to reduce lead times and satisfy delivery commitments to its customers.
From hype to adoption: Is your maintenance program ready for the IIoT?
Maintenance Programs - what are the potential benefits of using the IIoT for your maintenance operation?
Six Steps to Design a Preventive Maintenance Program
Preventive maintenance may seem a no-brainer, but if you make assumptions and cut corners, your results won’t match the effort. Follow these six steps and you’ll create an effective, efficient
How to Set Up a Lean Factory That Works – Part 2
How Can a Lean Factory Tollgate Process Work? Here is a sample tollgate path for re-working your facility’s layout – or setting it up from scratch.
Why Preventive Maintenance Fails (and how to fix it)
Why preventive maintenance fails. If developing a preventive-maintenance program is such no brainer, why doesn’t every company have one in place?
Reducing Production Time
A pharmaceutical plant I worked with excelled with their preventive maintenance program. What were the key drivers of their success?