Value Stream: MEP Helps Pro-Pak Industries Increase Production One Hundred Percent

From NIST, Office of the Director ...

... "NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) affiliate developed a unique three-prong training program for Pro-Pak that combined instruction in lean manufacturing principles, teamwork, problem solving, and value stream mapping into one integrated package. Twelve employees from management and operations trained on Saturdays to avoid interrupting production. In the end, the team determined that the equipment problem could be alleviated with a new die cut anvil, adding glue detection sensors and blanket printing plates. " ...

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