Sustaining a Lean Culture November 1, 2009 Earlier this year, at the 21st annual Shingo Prize conference awards ceremony, Autoliv Americas’ airbag module facility in Ogden, UT, was awarded The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. This was the second Shingo Prize won by the Autoliv Ogden Airbag Assembly (AOA) plant.
Standardized Work May 1, 2008 Taiichi Ohno is often quoted as declaring: “Without a standard, there can be no improvement.” The principles of lean do not work well when everyone is allowed to choose their own work method or work sequence in which to do a job: the outcome is unpredictable; flow and pull are impossible. This reduces throughput and the carefully crafted process develops unanticipated outcomes.
Lean Efforts Capture the Shingo November 1, 2007 A subsidiary of HNI Corp. (Mustacine, IA), the second-largest manufacturer of office furniture in North America, Hearth & Home Technologies (HHT; Mt. Pleasant, IA) manufactures sheetmetal fireplaces (both wood and gas-burning), vent pipe, and fireplace accessories. The company has four manufacturing facilities.
Automation in Lean Manufacturing July 1, 2007 Common misperceptions about lean manufacturing and automation systems lead many manufacturing managers to dismiss the use of automation in a lean setting.
Lean at NUMMI September 1, 2005 To remain competitive in the fiercely contested North American automotive industry, the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI, Fremont, CA) assembly plant, a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. (Aichi Prefecture, Japan) and General Motors Corp. (Detroit), has rededicated its efforts in lean manufacturing during the past few years by applying key tenets of the Toyota Production System (TPS).
Streamlined Plant Communication for Operational Excellence June 23, 2023 Safety, vigilance and accountability drive need for plant to deploy Shiftconnector
6 Ways Managing by Exception Improves Performance June 23, 2023 Real-time data makes traditional managing practices obsolete
UAW Auto Strike Almost Certain, Analyst Says June 21, 2023 A strike by the United Auto Workers union against one of the Detroit-area automakers is almost a certainty, an industry analyst said today.
Durable Goods Orders Climb June 27, 2023 Durable goods orders rose in May, the third consecutive monthly increase, the Commerce Department said today.
Manufacturing Employment Little Changed in May June 2, 2023 Manufacturing jobs overall were little changed in May, according to a breakdown by industry released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
