Clarke Gear Co. Uses Lean Manufacturing
principles such as
"The Closed Mitt Rule" to achieve high quality & productivity.
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Find simple solutions in place of complex ones. Complex solutions tend to produce more waste and are harder to manage. |
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Eliminate all unnecessary "movement" and steps of people. |
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Produce only the amount of goods the customer wants when the customer wants them. Eliminate any product beyond customer demand. |
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Conserve space in plant and office by improving poor arrangement of machines, people, workstations, storage of excess raw materials, parts working-in-process and finished inventories. |
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Operate equipment and use person-power only for productive purposes. Avoid false scale efficiencies, excess power utilization and unproductive operations. |
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Strive to achieve the goal of no rework ever....no mistakes, rework or defects. |
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Convert all material into products; avoid scrap, trim excess or bad raw materials. |
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Make sure nothing sits so there is a steady flow to the customer. Any kind of idle inventory represents waste including raw materials in any form, information, work-in-process inventories and finished goods. |
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Eliminate days, long setups and unplanned downtime of machines, process and people. These often result from poor specifications, missing parts or information, late deliveries and inadequate training. |
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Eliminate the movement of materials or information that does not add value to the product, such as double and triple handling of goods and needless movement of information. |
5 S's: Sort · Simplify · Standardize · Sweep · Self Discipline |
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