Lean Manufacturing

lean ems manufacturingWorking smarter to build better products. That’s the heart of Senior Systems’ Lean manufacturing operations. We are continually refining our processes, finding new ways to drive out waste and improve efficiencies. The result is improved quality, increased responsiveness and added value for you.

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR LEAN OPERATIONS

  • Visual Factory - Created to streamline day-to-day operations, our Visual Factory program enhances communication, identifies production roadblocks and improves problem resolution response time.
  • Voice of the Process - Your “voice” (and that of the process) is heard loud and clear through metrics that are gathered, displayed and discussed at the start of each day.
  • Storyboards - This integral step identifies potential production roadblocks and enables our team to quickly work to overcome them, ensuring your product is delivered on time and to exacting specifications.
  • Cellular Design - Your products flow through a manufacturing cell designed to achieve maximum throughput. Each cell locates production assets in sequence, greatly reducing material travel and improving shop floor space utilization.
  • One Piece Flow - Our strategic “one piece at a time” manufacturing process reduces cycle times and allows for real-time quality data feedback, delivering better products in a shorter timeframe.
  • 6S Programs - These complementary programs focus on reducing your product cycle times, eliminating inefficiencies, improving inventory management and reducing overall inventory costs.
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) - Focusing on your product quality and delivery needs, our total productive maintenance program works to minimize unplanned equipment downtime and eliminate equipment-related defects.
  • Six Sigma / Lean Enterprise - With staff members who are Six Sigma Black Belts and Lean Enterprise trained and certified, Senior Systems has on-site experts working to improve our Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing programs, while establishing new and better Lean Manufacturing processes.