Tri-City Groundbreakers Inc., a civil construction company based in Midland, Michigan, has begun a LEAN transformation with stunning results. Founded in 2005 by John and Tamara Schmidt, the company began [...]
A $30 million collaborative investment by the state of Michigan and Ferris State University will be on display Friday afternoon, April 26, when expanded and renovated areas of the Swan Technical [...]
by David Westphal March 18, 2019 Recently a client asked me to provide critical expertise on a complex manufacturing issue. Large, super-material plates are produced with a very tight flatness tolerance. [...]
When Dave Westphal talks about how to respond to a machine breakdown, he sounds more like an emergency room doctor than a plant manager. “Treat it like a wound,” he [...]
Kathryn Rickmeyer June 29, 2018 DECATUR, AL (WAFF) - 255 jobs are coming to the Tennessee Valley. GE Appliances plans to invest $115 million in an expansion of its [...]
By David Drickhamer11/23/2016A manufacturer of highly engineered marine products sets ambitious targets for improving quality and on-time delivery, and achieves them in record time.“A full lean transformation takes time. It’s [...]
By Marchwinski, Chet 7/23/2010 “Double Axel” isn’t about to join “muda” or “takt” in the lean lexicon, but figure skaters perfecting jumps and Lean Thinkers perfecting operations now share a [...]
