Lean boosts production for cabinet door company
Mullet Door makes cabinet doors in a shop in Abbeville, South Carolina.
By
Karl D. Forth,
January 3, 2018 | 11:51 am CST
lean manufacturing
SCM to show lean concepts for cabinets, closets at AWFS Fair
SCM’s display at AWFS Fair this week will include more than 12,000 square feet of equipment, demonstrations of Industry 4.0 and lean manufacturing.
By
Karl D. Forth,
July 17, 2017 | 10:25 pm CDT
How do you weigh where to make the next investment?
The owner just ordered another edgebander, which was nice, but our bottlenecks were coming from other issues. Yet we would now devote resources to the new bander rather than working on more pressing problems.
By
Mick Peters,
July 11, 2017 | 5:37 pm CDT
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Using Lean Management to get the most from your workforce
Cabinet shops and closets and home storage businesses on-the-grow will want to adopt lean management practices. The Center for Lean Learning will help you get the most from your workforce, and your design, sales and production operations.
By
Bill Esler,
January 25, 2017 | 3:29 pm CST
Defining expectations ensures lean success
Using an Hour-by-Hour Chart will help keep production “buckets” from overflowing and not meeting customer demand.
By
Jim Lewis,
January 4, 2017 | 12:41 pm CST
SCM Group plans Toronto, Atlanta lean production events
SCM Group’s Lean Productions Seminars will feature educational sessions and technical demonstrations targeting lean robotic automation.
By
Karl D. Forth,
October 20, 2016 | 3:03 pm CDT
Signs of lean at display and commercial fixtures firm ConceptWorks
Signs of lean are everywhere at ConceptWorks, which designs, engineers, and crafts prototypes or low production run industrial products, commercial displays and trade show exhibits.
Kanban tags hang from small stacks of sheet goods. Whiteboards indicate the next jobs for the saw operator. A large sign of jobs currently in the shop resembles an airport flight status board.
Adam Schneider had a background in lean manufacturing from his experiences in metal manufacturing and in his and Jason Gudex’s education at MSOE.
By
Karl D. Forth,
July 12, 2016 | 9:06 am CDT
How companies implement lean manufacturing
Jim Lewis describes how three companies became more efficient.
By
Jim Lewis,
July 1, 2016 | 9:00 am CDT
WB Manufacturing's million-dollar setup
Cabinet and caseworks manufacturer WB Manufacturing invested $1.6 million in new technology to improve the production of its products. The setup is on target with Industry 4.0, where production is networked with little to no operator interface. View the slideshow to see some of the technology and products manufactured inside the Thorp, Wisconsin-based firm's 225,000-square-foot facility.
By
Karen M. Koenig,
June 24, 2016 | 5:19 pm CDT
Technology talks at cabinets & caseworks operation
WB Manufacturing takes Industry 4.0 to the next level with its fully integrated, lean workcell. The Thorp, Wisconsin-based company manufactures cabinetry and casework for the educational, office, industrial and health markets.
By
Karen M. Koenig,
June 24, 2016 | 5:00 pm CDT
