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Institute industrial
engineering staff work closely with
manufacturers to increase their
competitiveness through process
improvements. SwRI engineers assisted a
medical kit manufacturer in moving from
a time-consuming batch process to a more
efficient one-piece flow process. |
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Key tools for
lean manufacturing include:
Lean
manufacturing principles and process improvements including
a one-piece flow process can increase profitability,
competitiveness, and efficiency.
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One-piece
flow concepts
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Value stream
mapping
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Office
organization and workplace organization
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Kaizen 5S
system (sort, straighten, shine, standardize, and
sustain)
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Six sigma
techniques
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Work cells
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Total
productive maintenance (TPM)
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Standardized
work
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Visual
management
For more
information about key tools and lean manufacturing capabilities at SwRI or
how you can contract with SwRI, please contact
Bill Rafferty at
brafferty@swri.org or
(210) 522-5865.
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Contact Information |
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Bill Rafferty
Lean Manufacturing
(210) 522-5865
brafferty@swri.org |
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Related Terminology |
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lean manufacturing
training
six sigma principles
lean enterprise
kaizen 5s
TPM
process improvement
value stream mapping
continuous process improvement
one piece flow
office kaizen
lean manufacturing consultants
lean manufacturing concepts
lean training |
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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered
in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied
engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11
technical divisions.
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