Shipping and Receiving Efficiency at a Lighting Producer: Faster, Safer, Leaner
The company’s Kaizen team was tasked to evaluate the workflow, identify bottlenecks, idle time, process balance, equipment availability, other measures, and implement a safe, lean process flow.
Components manufacturer streamlines the movement of parts, reduces idle time by more than 50%
By creating new workflows for support processes, the team eliminated nearly 740,000 feet per year of travel distance to move parts.
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
DPA has successfully completed a design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) training to reduce costs and to improve efficiency.
Changeover improvements help company boost machine output and reduce waste
More than 200 hours per year of downtime from the company’s machines were compromising on-time deliveries to customers. Read how this company was able to improve output and reduce waste.
How standard work, eliminating waste, and communication are helping this producer improve on-time shipments
How standard work, eliminating waste, and communication are helping this producer improve on-time shipments.
Manufacturer’s “Rack Stars” shave cycle and wait times
Daniel Penn Associates helped rack systems manufacturer reduce cycle and wait times.
Root Cause Analysis and The Five Whys help cable manufacturer regain control of production cell
Daniel Penn Associates helped a precision cable manufacturer reduce lost runs by 83%.
How to Boost Manufacturing Productivity
Organizations that apply lean thinking to their operations and processes can realize significant and sustainable productivity benefits.
Single Part or Multiple Part Operations
The optimal manufacturing setup for each product line drives the case for single part operations versus multiple parts or gang operations.