Lean Manufacturing Restructuring Program ...

Lean manufacturing can play a role in enterprise restructuring by increasing the operational efficiency of the organization. Tracy Kershaw-Staley explores the opportunities that lie ahead for Rittal Corp., who has embraced lean manufacturing to drive its operational excellence restructuring program. ...

... "Rittal scaled back its Ohio manufacturing base from two plants to one plant in Urbana in 2000. Leaders have spent the past few years restructuring the company into business units and implementing lean manufacturing to cut costs and improve service to customers, which include heavyweights such as Dell Inc., IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Restructuring Program: Via MSNBC: Rittal plans to increase staff by 50 ...