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Dan Roth
Feb 28, 20211 min read
Food Industry
Problem: The projected weekly customer demand for finished goods was 25% greater than the plant's current 24-7 capacity. The client had...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Warehouse
Problem: The incoming warehouse is holding over $3,000,000 of raw materials. The warehouse consumes over 3,000 square feet of floor...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Adhesives Industry
Problem: A traditional push manufacturing system is causing excess raw materials and work in process inventories. Therefore costs are...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Packaging and Shipping
Problem: Orders were being shipped late. The warehousing, packaging and shipping department was unorganized. A traditional layout was...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Final Processing and Shipping
Problem: Customers were upset because the wrong products were being shipped to them. Final processing is very unorganized with no...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Customer Service
Problem: The demand for orders was forecasted to increase by over 20% within three months. Pre-Production lead times were too long. Many...
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Wire Mesh Industry
Problem: Labor costs were increasing for the warehousing, cutting and shipping processes because of lack of workplace organization....
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Dan Roth
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Printing Industry
Problem: Orders were being shipped late. Lead-times were too long. The warehouse was full of finished goods. Over ten percent of the...
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Feb 22, 20212 min read
How does a hospital survive COVID challenges?
Good Samaritan, Lebanon leveraged their culture of continuous improvement! As with any industry, healthcare has been impacted by the...
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Dec 9, 20201 min read
RHI Magnesita, York, PA shares continuous improvement benchmarking with Go-Lean-Six Peer Group
Working through the current COVID environment has been a challenge for manufacturing. The move to virtual support organizations while...
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Nov 5, 20201 min read
Palram Americas, Kutztown, PA shares Warehouse Kaizen Project with Go-Lean-Six Peer Group
Good news when your manufacturing line grows with new products, but the challenge is how to quickly ramp up in your existing footprint....
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Oct 20, 20201 min read
GAI-TRONICS LEANS IN WITH LEAN FOR THE WIN IN 2020
With 99 days to go until the end of 2020, the Go-Lean-Six Virtual Lean Peer Group was hosted by GAI-Tronics, Reading, PA. The GAI-Tronics...
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Sep 29, 20202 min read
Clark Shoes Distribution Center Continues to Thrive using Lean
Clark Shoes Distribution Center continues to drive continuous improvement while meeting the challenges of COVID-19. During a recent...
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Alice Conner Malyszek
Apr 28, 20203 min read
LEVERAGING THE DISCIPLINE OF 6S TO RESPOND TO COVID 19
How do we bring back our employees safely to this “new normal” while preparing for a potential second wave of COVID-19? How do we...
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Gordon Adelsberg
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Safety AFTER the Virus
The risks from before are still there, maybe even more so now. Press conferences from politicians, advice from talking heads, masks at...
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