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Factory Building Symposium on Lean Production. January 29, 2007 Austin, Texas. Finding the Right Fit. Clayton Homes Andersonville, TN. Brent Crabtree, Lean Advocate. Clayton Appalachia. Approach. Choose small scale initial events to ensure success and refine the process and team
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Factory Building Symposium on Lean Production January 29, 2007Austin, Texas
Finding the Right Fit Clayton Homes Andersonville, TN Brent Crabtree, Lean Advocate
Approach • Choose small scale initial events to ensure success and refine the process and team • Thorough and comprehensive execution
WIP Workstations Workstations Door Build: Problems Now Then • Damage • Congestion • Productivity Piles of WIP and excessive conveyance resulted in damaged doors Clear traffic aisles Batch and queue Continuous flow work cell with no WIP between One-third the WIP WIP over flowed into traffic aisles
Final Finish Then Now • Productivity Materials far from point of need, leading to excessive motion and conveyance Eliminated excess transport and removed unneeded items
Highlights • Always room to improve • Can make the workplace better • Team members enthusiasm • Management commitment • Data gathering and analysis
Going forward • Incorporate lessons learned • Broadcast successes • Tackle bigger projects • Developing lean training program • Rolling out lean to additional plants • Change of mindset
Factory Building Symposium on Lean Production Manufactured Housing Research Alliance Jordan Dentz (212) 496-0900 x13 jdentz@research-alliance.org www.mhrahome.org