Showing posts with label Reduce Inventories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reduce Inventories. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

EaglePicher Achieves Lean Manufacturing and Growth With Plexus Online

EaglePicher’s Wolverine Gasket Division was overwhelmed when sales grew 10-13 percent per year from 2002-2004. Its manual systems for raw material orders, inventories, shipping and scheduling systems couldn’t keep up with the new demand, and lead times grew to 10 weeks.



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Monday, June 18, 2007

Managing Automation Announces 2007 Progressive Manufacturing High Achievers

Operational Excellence: TOMASCO mulciber, a metal stamping company, was recognized for its deployment of a Plexus on-demand manufacturing system that allowed TOMASCO to manage the entire manufacturing process, reduce inventories by more than 20%, and reduce work-in-process by over 40%.



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