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Lean Manufacturing
What is lean manufacturing?
It is the process of adding value at all work involved tasks. This can be at many different business or manufacturing tasks…
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Manufacturing processing
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Processing information
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R & D
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Sales
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Warehousing
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Information sharing
Hotset started implementing lean manufacturing in September of 2003. Our lean manufacturing efforts have consisted of:
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5S
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Streamlined manufacturing cells and layout
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Implemented Kan Ban for sub components
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Lead time reduction initiatives with suppliers
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Pareto analysis of root causes
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Time study, WIP Studies, Bottleneck Studies
While lean manufacturing efforts are never complete, Hotset has experience results that have a direct, positive impact upon our customers:
- Lead time reduced from 10 days to 5 days
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On time delivery improved to over 98%
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Scrap rate reduced
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Out put capacity increased 35%without adding staff
Hotset is committed to be a continuos improvement company to deliver the best-in-class cost, quality and delivery for electric heating elements.