Lean Manufacturing

SUMMA Technology, Inc. utilizes Lean Manufacturing concepts to eliminate waste, which enables and maintains a healthy core business. Some of these tools are 5s+s (sort, simplify, sweep, standardize, and self discipline + safety) and TPM (total productive maintenance), which promotes pro-active instead of re-active maintenance. Lean gives you tools to reduce or eliminate waste in any type process, at any level, VSM (Value stream mapping) allows you to see your processes clearly to build better process flows and increase throughput to support all our customer demands and increasing our growth.

 

Before and After results of Lean Manufacturing applied to our Shipping department
Before and After results of Lean Manufacturing applied to our Quality Inspection department
Example of 5s+s workstation improvements Example of Value Stream Map
Process Flow Chart for Mag Particle Process

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this page updated 8-21-07