Helping a Specialty Materials Producer Embrace PDCA Culture
DPA recently worked with a manufacturer of wire, cables and connectivity products to reduce scrap at one of their factories.
What is Lean and Continuous Improvement?
It is listening intently to employees’ ideas. Converting them into doable alternatives. Then, helping everyone own the new process and move as a team.
Do’s and Don’ts for Making Process Improvements that Stick
What’s holding your maintenance organization back from making process improvements? The dos and don’ts for organizations that want to implement change.
How to Set Up a Lean Factory That Works
Lean manufacturers have a leg up on speeding products to market, reducing costs and keeping customers happy. In this overview, I’ll share how to engineer, set up and manage the
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
Continuous Improvement Process for Financial Services
Daniel Penn Associates helped a mutual fund company design, develop and implement a Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) initiative.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.
Clean Room Staple Loading Kaizen Event
A medical device manufacturer needed to increase its annual production without compromising safety or customer delivery schedules.
12 Tips to Sustain Improvement in Lean Equipment Maintenance Programs
For companies that truly want to maximize their equipment uptime, productivity, and quality, a disciplined approach is critical.