Lean Maintenance Process

Maintenance business processes are an opportunity to apply lean techniques to drive efficiency gains. Material receipt and handling from MRO suppliers can be made more efficient. In addition, proactive and reactive maintenance work flows can be streamlined to increase asset utilization rates. ...

... "To help streamline your maintenance department, group related actions into steps to help make the process as efficient as possible. This helps managers identify inefficiencies more clearly ... " ...

Via Plant Services: Maintenance processes

Dr. Pepper Snapple Lean Six Sigma through Productivity Office

President and CEO Larry Young discusses the company's performance and the impact achieved from Lean Six Sigma at the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. ...

... "Our productivity office and Lean Six Sigma initiatives are providing the funding and process to implement ongoing efficiency programs, and new packaging technology is allowing us to get more out of the same assets. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Earnings Call

Manufacturer Uses Downtime to Retool with Lean Six Sigma

When production assets are idle at Mercury Marine, the workforce can accelerate improvements using Lean Six Sigma methods. ...

... "He said salaried staff may use some of the time (during an hourly work force layoff) to concentrate on other aspects of operations such as Lean Six Sigma, safety, ergonomics and environmental issues. " ...

Via Fond du Lac Reporter: Mercury Marine

Manufacturing Excellence and Asset Utilization Improve Profitability

Box manufacturer discusses financial results. ...

... "Remains focused on driving for low cost through asset utilization and manufacturing excellence. 5. Increasing asset utilization in box plant system has enormous leverage to improving earnings and returns. " ...

Via insurancenewsnet: Temple-Inland Inc. Conference Call

Lean MES Manufacturing Execution Software Makes Inventory Visible

Manuvis introduces software version that integrates real-time inventory visibility and production metrics in dynamic operational dashbboard. The data visualization supports value stream mapping, queue performance monitoring, and asset utilization. ...

... "Whereas most manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) solutions focus on production machine output, few offer inventory visibility. Manuvis' FactoryMRI, built on lean manufacturing principles, offers superior analytical tools that simplify information exchange within an enterprise and provides a common way to help synchronize enterprise assets. These tools help eliminate waste and increase profits, whether uncovering process variations that cause quality defects, identifying sources of waste and helping find untapped capacity. And since data is obtained directly from production machines, total cost of ownership is reduced by eliminating the need for human data entry into PC's or operate bar code equipment. " ...

Via Manuvis: Real-Time Lean Manufacturing Capabilities