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With some additional coaching and
consulting, Aptalis was able to dramatically
improve its weekly production by 46% in
just two weeks, resulting in an additional
three million tablets per week, greatly
reducing backorders. Surprisingly, these
significant improvements were achieved
with no investment of capital dollars.
“Donna Hoying has a great knack for not
imposing her beliefs but, rather, pulling
the answers out of participants so that
they own the solution. She is world-class
in her field and relates well to all levels
in the manufacturing arena,” says Dell
Larned, Aptalis’ Associate Director of
Manufacturing.
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EmbRAcEs lEAN, Too
Mancor Ohio is a fabricator of aluminum
and steel components and provides
subassemblies for heavy-wheeled trucks,
rail and off-highway equipment. The
company had a need to reduce costs and
waste in time and materials at its Ohio
facility. Sinclair’s Lean experts reviewed
Mancor’s needs and conducted Lean
training in the Lean Culture, 5S, Value
Stream Mapping, Setup Reduction, and
Total Productive Maintenance.
To date, Sinclair Workforce Development
has trained over 200 people at the Mancor
plant. As a result of Sinclair’s work, major
savings have been realized at the plant. One
setup reduction project alone generated
$60,000 in savings.
Mancor General Manager George McKnight
says company sales have tripled over the
last two years. “We would not have been
able to handle this increase without all the
Lean efforts that helped us streamline our
operations. Sinclair Workforce Development
also played a pivotal role in helping
the Mancor plant get a $53,000 Ohio
Department of Development grant to
help cover the investment we have made in
Lean training, new equipment training,
and on-the-job training. As a result of
our tremendous return on investment, we
have already added more than 100 new
employees since January 2011.” — n
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