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Cincinnati Jim Beam plant toasts lean manufacturing
4/11/2008
TechSolve and Amend offer and tour showcasing the lean improvements that Jim Beam has implemented.
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Taking Charge of Energy Costs
01/10/07
With wildly volatile energy prices, overseas competition and escalating raw material costs, businesses are seeking new and innovative ways to reduce production expenses or keep them more predictable.
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Doing Nothing is no Option
01/02/07
In the good old days, it seems as though profit margins were high and demand was upward and predictable. While business inefficiency was always a topic of some concern, it was overpowered by the need to never stop the production juggernaut.
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Applying Lean to the Machine
10/09/06
Lean-manufacturing concepts have permeated all corners of many a shop floor except within the machining center.
Anyone tackling lean manufacturing has heard the "wastes" probably more than they can remember. Traditionally seven, now most lean gurus identify eight wastes on the modern shop floor: overproduction, waiting, transporting, inappropriate processing, unnecessary inventory, excess motion, defects and the latest addition, underutilization of employees.
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Manufacturing profitability through well-maintained cutting tools
09/28/06
As with all work, there's a right tool for every job. In manufacturing, successful machining depends on sharp, well-maintained cutting tools that not only ensure precision, but also speed. Successful sharpening of cutting tools depends upon the use of the correct grinding wheel, tool setup and method of grinding for each type of tool. This article provides some basic but valuable information on cutting tool sharpening. The process is designed to keep manufacturing flow as efficient as possible, ensuring better competitiveness nationally and even globally.
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Get Your Local Government into LEAN Shape
09/17/06
Local government managers routinely find themselves on the proverbial horns of a dilemma: Shall I reduce costs, but face criticism for slippages in the quantity and quality of services? Or shall I improve services, only to run headlong into the budget hawks among my constituents? "Give me more while I fund you with less" is a troubling, but all-too-familiar refrain from local government's customers.
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Bottom-Line Results From the Lean Initiative
08/21/06
Lean initiatives in the aerospace and defense sector are leading to shorter production time and decreased costs.
According to Brad Campling, program development manager for aerospace and defense for TechSolve, Inc., a lean optimization consulting firm headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, there has been a trend over the past several years for original equipment manufacturers in aerospace and defense to work lean, using only what they need to consume and nothing more.
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