Then Mass now Class: Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH Success Story by Staufen AG

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STAUFEN. | MUNSCH 6 Stefan Munsch, Managing Director, Munsch Chemie-Pumpen GmbH
STAUFEN. | MUNSCH 7 Production was turned upside down APPROACH At the beginning of 2015, Staufen AG was commissioned with reorganizing the production area, which consists of machining and the pressing plant, according to lean principles. Until then, both areas had been organized for classic workshop production. The first step was to determine the lean maturity level of the existing organizational structure as part of an audit. Since it was as low as expected, at 30 to 40 percent, it quickly became clear that there was considerable potential for optimization. Subsequently, a value stream analysis was carried out. The lead time was determined through the system. At 120 days, it turned out to be extremely high. This greatly hindered the company‘s flexibility. It was striking that until then, every single machine produced almost everything. Setup times were correspondingly frequent. In order to minimize these mandatory breaks, a separation was implemented as the first measure. "Our pumps consist of five core elements: impeller, casing, casing cover, cast parts and base plate. A separate process chain was created for each element," says Managing Director Munsch. Since each element now only passes through one of these chains, both lead and setup times could be significantly reduced.
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