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Lean Manufacturing Services

Increasing Speed. Ensuring High Quality. Reducing Costs.

Speed, high quality, and cost containment/reduction are the trifecta in today’s highly competitive marketplace. To win, your company must be able to produce the maximum amount of sellable products in the shortest time possible and at the lowest operational cost, while optimizing inventory levels.

Catalyst Connection can show you how to cross the finish line ahead of your competition through our portfolio of Lean Manufacturing services. Based on the philosophy that eliminating waste from production processes will increase value to customers, our Lean Manufacturing services offer measurable benefits including:

• Up to 50 percent improvement in productivity and space utilization
• Up to 80 percent improvement in product quality
• Up to 90 percent reduction in throughput time from order placement to shipping
• Up to 80 percent elimination of hidden costs of work-in-process and other inventories

This level of improvement can lead to heightened customer satisfaction through increased flexibility and ability to produce products that your customers need, at a cost they are willing to pay. And ultimately it can lead to increased profitability and a stronger competitive position.

A Team Approach to Creating a Great Track Record

Catalyst Connection combines customized team training with facilitation of problem identification and solution planning to help your company achieve peak performance. Our expert advisors guide you through a proven process that includes:

Principles of Lean Manufacturing with Live Simulation » We’ll teach your employees cost-saving techniques and demonstrate how to apply them to your workplace to achieve tangible, measurable results.

Value Stream Mapping » We’ll help you identify sources of waste in specific operations and processes and work with your employees to create a value stream map that shows them how to create a lean manufacturing operation that is smoother, more efficient in material and information flow, more flexible and more responsive to customers’ demands.

Set Up Time Reduction » We’ll prepare your team to incorporate single Minute Exchange of Die Techniques that eliminate wasted motions and activities and reduce set-up times for equipment and operations.

5S Training and Implementation » We’ll train a team of your employees in 5S concepts and terminology so they can better organize your workplace and improve productivity.

Results and References

Catalyst Connection helps companies get lean in a hurry. Look what our expertise has helped these clients accomplish:

The Performance Plastics Division of Allegheny Plastics reduced inventory and working capital by 50 percent within the first six months of implementation, cut throughputime in half, doubled its gross profit per production hour, and is projecting to double its sales within three years.

Yerecic Label reduced lead time by 70 percent, cut set-up and processing times in half, virtually eliminated work-in-progress inventories with a 96 percent reduction, and improved its item fill rate by 19.5 percent.

McKesson Automation significantly improved material flow throughout the entire plant, increased plant capacity by 15 percent, reduced unit production costs, and freed 25 percent of floor space for future product expansion.

Snyder of Berlin gained space and improved efficiency in its warehouse, increasing cases loaded per shift by 30 percent and realizing an annual savings upwards of $80,000 per year – all while improving labor/supervision cooperation.

CONTACT: F. Tracy Alim, Vice President,Consulting, 412.918.4284