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Tier Automotive Supplier - MI
Manufacturing Process Improvement
The Challenge:
- Improve plant productivity
and profitability
- Make the company
competitive globally
The Solution:
- Analyze and solve
tooling, machine downtime, and related technical problems
- Implement new management
techniques (T.P.M.)
- Form cross-functional
teams
- Institute new procedures
to permit quick changeovers
- Provide methods
for continuous improvement
The Results:
- Resolution of technical
problems resulted in a 22% reduction in cycle time
- Productivity increased
103%
- Production increases
allowed a new work schedule which eliminated one shift
- The pilot area
is now a world-class manufacturing showcase and the operation
is a pattern for future implementations
- Savings total $2.1
million per year
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