Bajaj lean automotive techniques

Nissan partners with Bajaj to compete profitably in the small, cost effective automotive market with a global product offering. ...

... "Nissan will utilize Bajaj's lean manufacturing techniques for the low-cost offering. Most -- if not all parts -- will be sourced from within India as well, allowing Nissan to cut overhead costs by reducing labor costs and the amount spent on shipping. " ...

Via Automobile Mag: Nissan Tata Nano-Fighter

Sparton Lean Profitability

Sparton counts on lean and Six Sigma to expand its profit margins. ...

... "As previously indicated, our focus in the EMS segment will be on continuing our operational improvements through the ongoing implementation of lean manufacturing techniques and six sigma practices which we expect to ultimately provide higher gross margin levels in the future. " ...

Via dBusinessNews: Sparton Corporation

New Balance Lean Manufacturing Footsteps

New Balance deploys lean manufacturing principles to keep its domestic production globally competitive. The company has scaled its processes globally and continues to compete and grow. The workforce is committed to success through continuous improvement. ...

... "It also prides itself in the lean manufacturing techniques it uses to keep prices down. Much of the credit for the success of New Balance’s five-plant U.S. operation goes to the company’s employees, who are committed to their work and the products the company manufactures, DeMartini said. " ...

Via Rubber News: New Balance Domestic Manufacturing

New Balance Executional Excellence Program (PDF) is built on a foundation of lean manufacturing principles.

PPG Six Sigma for Auto Refinishing Value Chain

PPG offers Lean Six Sigma training for customer partners in its automotive refinishing value chain, such as collision centers. ...

... "The training, a four-day intensive learning event, is intended for collision center owners and managers and teaches the practical applications of Lean Six Sigma techniques to boost quality, speed, cost performance and competitiveness at repair facilities. It will be offered Oct. 5-8 in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 16-20 in Eagan, Minn., and Dec. 7-10 in Los Angeles. " ...

Via PPG Industries: Schedule for MVP Green Belt training

Immelt on GE Lean Operational Capability

GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt discusses the company's Michigan investment and its core capabilities, such as lean and Six Sigma, which positions the company to compete effectively in many markets. ...

... "Through the use of lean manufacturing techniques, our 100-year-old Erie factory can export to Mexico and Brazil. Operational capability is a core part of GE's strategy. " ...

Via Wall Street Jouranl: GE CEO Immelt Speech

Lean Production Capacity Booster

UK manufacturer of sustainable power systems sees demand for their efficient products and expands manufacturing capacity while integrating lean methods to increase efficiency and throughput. The company has opened a factory in Salford, Greater Manchester in UK. ...

... "The company has increased its production of CHP units by 50%, and is aiming to boost production further by introducing lean manufacturing techniques and smarter working practices among its staff. " ...

Via New Energy Focus: ENER-G Capacity Expansion

The new production facility will build upon a foundation of lean manufacturing principles. ...

Energ-E Expansion: "ENER-G will train its factory team in lean manufacturing techniques to introduce smarter working practices and processes that will boost efficiency and ensure faster turnaround of customer orders. As such, initial growth will be absorbed by existing staff, but new jobs will be created as production increases further. "

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Flexible Shops with Lean Techniques Can Be Competitive

Ford CEO makes case for the industry and discusses the company's manufacturing flexibility. Ford is fixing the fundamentals of its business model, taking out fixed costs. ...

... "Our new products will be assembled in plants featuring lean manufacturing techniques, and, in nearly all facilities, flexible body shops will make them competitive with the best in the business. " ...

Via Detroit Free Press: Ford CEO testimony

Patent Six Sigma Quality

Applying Six Sigma quality to any process is a journey. The patent process is targeted for quality improvement. ...

... "As Miller said, many companies are using techniques such as Six Sigma to measure quality objectively; given the chance they could help patent offices introduce similar methodologies. " ...

Via IAM Magazine: Patent quality initiative

Quality System Registration

Parker Hannifin Chomerics Division achieves AS9100B registration for products manufactured at its Woburn, Massachusetts; Hudson, New Hampshire; and Jalisco (Guadalajara), Mexico plants. AS9100B is an international quality system standard. ...

... "According to Chomerics Division Quality Manager David Quaglieri, Achieving AS9100B registration demonstrates Chomerics’ ongoing commitment to quality and continuous improvement, which includes the use of lean manufacturing techniques and the tools of six sigma. Building on the ISO 9001:2000 platform, AS9100B places greater emphasis on design and process control, product configuration management, purchasing and supply chain processes. " ...

Via Parker Hannifin Corporation: Chomerics AS9100B

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Lean Engineering Process

Professor researches the use of lean manufacturing techniques in product development and engineering business processes. ...

... "As Bhuiyan pointed out, Lean manufacturing has worked really well for manufacturing companies, but the same tools and techniques can also be applied to intellectual processes. " ...

Via Concordia Journal: Lean manufacturing

Lean London Change Management

Leaders see lean manufacturing techniques as a way of transforming London for global business. ...

... "The workshop also covered the need to help employees adjust to changes to the way they work if lean manufacturing and other green improvements are introduced to their workplace. " ...

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German Lean Manufacturing MNPS

MAN Nutzfahrzeuge implements lean manufacturing techniques in pilots and commits to enterprise implementation of a common production system. ...

... "Closely modeled on the well-known Toyota Production System (TPS), the development of the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Produktionssystem—christened, inevitably, MNPS—was intended to standardize the adoption of lean thinking right across MAN ... " ...

Via Manufacturing Business Technology: German industrial giant pioneers Toyota lean manufacturing

3M Six Sigma Role in Innovation

3M's CEO emphasizes Six Sigma where it can have the greatest impact, in transactional business processes. He has also scaled back the methodology in research and development, using it appropriately. There is a role for Design for Six Sigma techniques in the innovation process. 3M is a powerhouse of research and is a source of good insights and best practices in the innovation space. ...

... "The key is to selectively use what makes sense in R&D, but not let Six Sigma become the end. For instance, we use (Six Sigma) design of experiments routinely in basic research ... " ...

Via Design News: 3M Innovation Engine

Lean Manufacturing Commitment Drives Program

Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems division manages global positioning program, GPS IIF, using lean techniques. ...

... "The performance of these subsystems is a testament to our process-based management and to our lean manufacturing commitment, and GPS IIF fully meets the specifications set forth by our U.S. Air Force customer and places us firmly on track to deliver the satellite for the first launch in 2008. " ...

Via Boeing: Boeing Builds First GPS IIF Satellite

Textron SixSigma Principle-Based Experience Shared At Summit

At WCBF's Lean Six Sigma Summit, Textron's John W. Mayers, VP of Six Sigma and Transformation, will share insights on the principled-based leadership employed at his company. ...

... "Mayers will be addressing an audience of senior level business and continuous improvement leaders from across all industries striving for business improvement by sharing Textron's experience with Six Sigma and Lean principles. Textron's Six Sigma model is a comprehensive, common set of tools and techniques applied to all functional areas to eliminate waste, reduce variation, and fuel growth and innovation. Textron's unique combination of powerful methodologies woven into a single holistic approach makes Textron Six Sigma an especially robust improvement mechanism for the company. Textron Six Sigma also plays a key role in talent development for the company. " ...

Via Textron: Textron's John Mayers Delivers Remarks At Lean Six Sigma Summit