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Below are all the posts filed under Manufacturing Consultant.
Launch of New Haskell Website and Blog
There are some exciting events going around E2M lately – mostly that we will be making a move to our parent company, Haskell’s blog. This blog involves the erection of the four walls and everything inside, the one stop shop to understand everything to know about how our projects unfold start to finish. We will [...]
Lost in Translation? Lean for High-Speed Manufacturing Part 7
Welcome to Part 7 of E2M‘s 8 part series about Lean. Today we’ll be wrapping up our Case Study: Cars & Liquids Don’t Mix. In Part 6, the “Lean experts” from Toyota gave the juice manufacturer this recommendation: Close-couple the machines and eliminate all conveyors except what was necessary to move the product from one machine [...]
Lost in Translation? Lean for High-Speed Manufacturing Part 2
Welcome back for Part 2 of E2M‘s Lean for High-Speed Manufacturing series. Today we will be discussing successful Lean production system using Toyota’s example. The leaders of Toyota understood getting better is more difficult than coordinating labor, raw materials, machines, production schedules, automation and material flow into a fluid system. With this understanding, Toyota began [...]
Lost in Translation? Lean for High-Speed Manufacturing Part 1
Welcome to Part 1 of E2M‘s 8 Part series on Lean for High-Speed Manufacturing! Is LEAN another quality management fad whose time has come and gone? We don’t think so. But in a high-speed manufacturing environment, a parochial application of LEAN principles can lead to disastrous results. In order to apply LEAN principles to high-speed [...]
Go (Recon)Figure with E2M: Part 1
Welcome to part 1 of the E2M (Recon)figure series! Today we’ll be setting up the case study. Let’s get started! Here’s the Setup: Four banks of baggers share a common trunk line for some of the best known consumer foods in the world Any bagger needs to be able to go to any packer (that’s [...]
Smart-Size It! with E2M: Part 3
Sometimes words are enough. Well, this week we’re here to prove that all this talk about ASRS sizing offers real results! Cost savings are on the horizon and we’re so close, so let’s Smart-Size It together! Give us a call at (678) 328-2935. SPENDING CUT IN HALF. By determining the optimal amount of required rack [...]
Smart-Size It! with E2M: Part 1
Welcome to the Smart-Size it Series with E2M! Part 1 will set up the problem: How do you get your ASRS to be just the right size? This could mean enormous savings…or enormous costs depending on your degree of success. But don’t worry; we’ll show you how to zero in on the right results starting [...]
Winning the Startup Game, Part 3
It’s time to wrap up the Winning the Startup Game series! Today you’ll learn the two final pieces of the process. Here we go! 4. EXECUTE THE PLAYS WHILE KEEPING EVERYONE TALKING Constant communication is the key to execution. It’s how you build trust and develop a nimble, responsive team that can quickly adapt to [...]
Winning the Startup Game, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of the Winning the Startup Game series. This week we’ll start talking about the five keys to startup success, so let’s get started! THE FIVE KEYS TO STARTUP SUCCESS. The secret to smoother startups isn’t that complicated. You just need the right game plan, and you have to stick with it. [...]
Winning the Startup Game, Part 1
Welcome to Winning the Startup Game, Part 1! A flat start-up curve can really ruin your game. Demand goes unmet. Startup costs rise. And despite your best efforts to reach capacity, your startup period just grows longer by the day. Everyone’s been there, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At E2M/Polytron, we’ve developed a [...]
