Lean Series Part III: Determining the Amount of Motion Waste in Paint Production Process
Motion waste refers to the extra physical steps taken by employees and equipment to accommodate inefficient process layout, defects, reprocessing, overproduction or excess inventory. Additional and unnecessary motion takes time and adds no value to the product or service. Moving and adding value is called…
Lean Series Part I: Reducing Transportation Waste in your Paint Production Process
Automated conveyors are usually not the first thing that lean coordinators for manufacturing think of when they are developing a Lean strategy, but it can have a huge effect on Continuous Improvement. I hope the following information will encourage lean organizers in any production facility, which processes finished parts, to think about at the beginning of their lean journey.
Do you love your paint system?
IntelliFinishing…more LEAN than a sugar-free box of chocolates Many manufacturers are implementing lean manufacturing practices into their workplaces and are gaining an advantage over their counterparts in the industry. Although traditional fixed conveyor systems have been one of the leading factors in lean management over…
Learn about Lean at Midwest Coatings Seminar 2013
Join us at the third annual Midwest Coatings Seminar on August 8th to network with other manufacturers and suppliers in the area, learn about how to implement lean, and see a live demonstration of IntelliFinishing’s new spinning tube conveyor technology.
A Plan for Every Part
…an IntelliFinishing system offers capabilities in ONE LINE that would take MULTIPLE LINES for traditional systems. Customers have been amazed at what can be accomplished with layouts that are not limited by a one-way, one-speed conveyor.
Part I: Changing the “Game”! – Improving Paint System Design
Once you understand the IntelliFinishing system, it will shatter your preconceived notions and known limitations of what a paint finishing system has been.
