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Muskin Leisure Products Midway, Georgia FaciliTech Project. Muskin Leisure Products. Moved from PA to GA Hired 300+ new employees Invested more than $18 million in capital expenditures One of the world’s largest manufacturers of above-ground pools. Muskin Leisure Products.
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Muskin Leisure Products • Moved from PA to GA • Hired 300+ new employees • Invested more than $18 million in capital expenditures • One of the world’s largest manufacturers of above-ground pools
Muskin Leisure Products Dick Raffaelli Sr. Vice President Marketing and Sales “…tremendous improvements in product quality as well as on- time shipping performance.”
Muskin Leisure Products Quality • Muskin needed to fully implement and re-certify their ISO quality system. • Critical requirement from its international customers to maintain contracts. • EDI Team: Alan Barfoot, Charlie von Ohsen, Jill Winkelman
Muskin Leisure Products Mr. Gary Head Quality Manager “I can’t emphasize enough how important being certified to the (ISO) standard is for Muskin Leisure Products.”
95% of staff were not experienced with ISO and needed training Gap analysis Implementation planning Document control database assistance Internal audit coaching Lead Auditor Training Pre-assessment Muskin Leisure Products
Muskin Leisure Products Result In December 2000, Muskin received its ISO certification per the recommendation of Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
Lean Implementation & Improving On-time Deliveries Lean Implementation training and assistance Used a production area as a model EDI Team: Paul Todd, Jenn Trapp, Jill Winkelman Muskin Leisure Products
Muskin Leisure Products • Implemented a new flexible layout to accommodate to fluctuation in demand. • Developed operator routines. • Developed a new production board to capture hourly production. • Addressed an ergonomic issue of assembling the cord clamp. • Cleaned area and organized with visual controls (5S).
Muskin Leisure Products Result • Reduced lead time time by 75% • Reduced work-in-process inventory by 90% • Reduced space utilization by 41% Muskin is transferring these tools, techniques and skills to other production areas to produce these results throughout the company
Muskin Leisure Products “First, Georgia Tech listens and looks at what you need; they try to understand what’s wrong or what do you want to achieve. Second, they have the expertise; And third, they combine classroom training and working with people on the floor.” Jean Jacques Arignon Vice President of Operations