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Lean Resources
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Lean Manufacturing Strategy Case Studies In Success & Failure
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The Great Nuclear Fizzle at Babcock & Wilcox (Heavy Fabrication) |
Everything went wrong when the venerable boilermaker entered the nuclear pressure vessel business. The aftermath brought delivery delays, strikes, lawsuits, red ink and a bizarre suicide. This classic case study is an excellent way to introduce Manufacturing Strategy to your management team or classroom. It comes with notes on the most effective way to conduct the discussion. |
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Competition In Substation Transformers (Electrical Equipment) |
An illustration of how a manufacturer can move from a "Do everything for everybody" mentality to a more focused approach to competition, in this instance, Delivery and Quality. |
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(Aircraft Machining) |
How misapplication of the Blitz and designing workcells with slogans and edicts led this aircraft manufacturer into deep trouble. |
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(Injection Molding/Assembly) |
Shows the effects of too much reliance on the Kaizen Blitz approach combined with too little attention to Manufacturing Strategy. |
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The Hidden Hazards in One Piece Flow (Investment Casting) |
A precision foundry focuses inappropriately on One Piece Flow when designing workcells. The results are lower productivity. |
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A Successful Lean Manufacturing Implementation (Mechanical Control Cables) |
How perseverance and thoughtful planning leads this manufacturer to success in Cellular and Lean Manufacturing. |
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(Light Assembly) |
Illustrates the 10 steps for designing a kanban system for production control. |
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(Industrial Heaters) |
The blitz approach is successfully applied to combined assembly/fabrication workcells that build industrial heaters. |
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(Heavy Machining) |
The difficult situation of short-run machine shops is attacked successfully by this manufacturer of specialized water pumps. |
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