Tag: capacity

Add capacity in 2 countries. Cut $3.6M in costs. Your can't achieve both without a rigorous plan.

Footprint Optimization

Adding Capacity While Reducing Costs

When Kormac helped a packaging manufacturer add international capacity while reducing costs by $3.6 million, the CEO said, “I’ve been through facility rationalizations before. The difference with Kormac was the depth of preparation. Nothing was left to chance, and it showed in the results.”…

From the shop floor to the back office, Kormac takes a collaborative approach to Kaizen that brings people together. Ordinary tools: Go to Gemba, Spaghetti charts, Yamazumi charts, Visual factory, cellular design/layout, customer demand/takt time, value stream mapping, undesirable observations (UDOs), waste elimination (8 wastes), activity of the product, load sheet calculations, review constraints, manpower requirements, line balancing, standard work, system alignment, visual controls. Extraordinary Results: Improving productivity, communication, uptime, capacity, and yield. Reducing cycle time, footprint, resource requirements, process steps & rework, Work in Process (WIP), foreign object debris, storage time, inspection time, and transportation time. Proven tools employed with care yield lasting culture and performance improvements.

Collaborative Kaizens

Engaging and Aligning through Kaizen

As Kaizen nears its 40th birthday, its relevance is far from “over the hill.” Kormac Kaizens bring people together to optimize speed, footprint, resource requirements, inventory, and more. …