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Make Room for Obeya

Make Room for Obeya

Visual communication areas can be powerful production tools.
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Austin Weber
May 5, 2017

"War room.” The phrase conjures up images of generals standing around a table-sized map, plotting their next move. However, a growing number of manufacturers have begun instituting war rooms of their own.


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How To Enhance Continuous Improvement Workflow

April 26, 2017

Maintaining a large factory is no easy job—and to put it simply—it’s downright frustrating to keep a team of 100+ employees on-task.


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How To Build Stronger Structures In Less Time, Convey Difficult to Handle Containers and Increase Usable Factory Floorspace

April 26, 2017

Creform offers a variety of unique products for simplifying, designing and building material handling structures and vehicles.


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New-Age Manufacturing Ideas Thrive at Ole Miss

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Austin Weber
January 6, 2017

Mississippi has a robust manufacturing sector that includes world-class companies such as Airbus Helicopters, GE Aviation, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Nissan, Northrop Grumman, Toyota and Viking Range. It’s also home to a world-class organization at the University of Mississippi.


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Operational Excellence Starts With Culture

Operational Excellence Starts With Culture

To achieve operational excellence, the existing corporate culture must be addressed head on.
Kevin J. Duggan
January 6, 2017

Over the years, just about all organizations have adopted a continuous improvement program, many based on lean principles. But there’s a key question that often never gets asked: How does a company know where to improve next?


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Mastering Changeover

Mastering Changeover

Smooth flow is vital to high-mix production initiatives
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Austin Weber
December 1, 2016

Quick change is a popular type of magic in which performers appear in entirely different costumes within just a few seconds. It’s an act that takes tremendous skill and lots of practice to perfect.


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ERP Software Keeps Manufacturers Focused on Production, Profit

ERP Software Keeps Manufacturers Focused on Production, Profit

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Jim Camillo
December 1, 2016

Manufacturers face a plethora of challenges every day, regardless of where they are located and the industries they serve.


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Medical Device, Can Factories Win 2016 Shingo Prizes

November 22, 2016
LOGAN, UT—Boston Scientific’s medical device factory in Cork, Ireland, and Rexam’s beverage can factory in Querétaro, Mexico, have been named the winners of this year’s Shingo Prize for operational excellence in manufacturing.
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2016 Assembly Plant of the Year: Bosch Rexroth Flexes Its Lean Production Muscle

2016 Assembly Plant of the Year: Bosch Rexroth Flexes Its Lean Production Muscle

High-mix lines and continuous improvement drive growth in Fountain Inn, SC.
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Austin Weber
October 1, 2016

Construction equipment, farm tractors and other off-highway machines need more than just diesel engines, big tires and metal tracks to operate. They require hydraulic mechanisms to steer, raise booms, open buckets or tilt blades.


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Creative Thinking Spurs Improvement in Lean Manufacturing

Creative Thinking Spurs Improvement in Lean Manufacturing

Steve Norsworthy
September 7, 2016

"Creative" and “lean.” Do those words go together? I have been a lean practitioner for more than 20 years, and I’ve never heard the phrase “creative lean.” But don’t we love those creative solutions? Don’t we get excited when an idea comes from out in left field and it works?


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