Lean Manufacturing Focus Drives Strong Company Results ...

Lean Manufacturing Focus Drives Strong Results: Clorox Reports Strong Second-Quarter Results; Provides Outlook for ...

A focus on lean manufacturing enables Clorox to lower costs while delivering top-line growth improvement ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... "Our efforts to cut costs and enhance margins are evident in benefits from several areas, including our focus on lean manufacturing. ...

... The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX)(PCX:CLX) today announced that strong sales growth, cost savings and margin-enhancing activities contributed solidly to the company's results for its fiscal second quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2004. "We're very pleased with our second-quarter performance," said Chairman and CEO Jerry Johnston. "We saw strength across nearly every aspect of the business, and Clorox people delivered even better results than expected." Clorox's focus on its long-term strategy is reflected in the company's results, Johnston reported. "Core business strength, increased market shares and new products are helping drive top-line growth," he said. "Our efforts to cut costs and enhance margins are evident in benefits from several areas, including our focus on lean manufacturing. And importantly, we also closed our share-exchange transaction with Henkel." ...

The Clorox Company is a leading manufacturer and marketer of consumer products with fiscal year 2004 revenues of $4.3 billion. Clorox markets some of consumers' most trusted and recognized brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products, Armor All(R) and STP(R) auto care products, Fresh Step(R) and Scoop Away(R) cat litters, Kingsford(R) charcoal briquets, Hidden Valley(R) and K C Masterpiece(R) dressings and sauces, Brita(R) water-filtration systems, and Glad(R) bags, wraps and containers. With 8,600 employees worldwide, the company manufactures products in 25 countries and markets them in more than 100 countries. Clorox is committed to making a positive difference in the communities where its employees work and live. Founded in 1980, The Clorox Company Foundation has awarded cash grants totaling more than $58.3 million to nonprofit organizations, schools and colleges; and in fiscal 2004 alone made product donations valued at $5 million.

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