Summary…Network meeting 1.26.06 @ REMCON PLASTICS

Thursday January 26, 2006

The Lean Thinking Network gathered at Remcon Plastics in Reading

Subject: Kaizen results for their Kayak assembly and Rotomolding areas

Attending companies:
Misco Products
Clean Burn/Mill Creek
Reading Powder Coatings
Yoder Brothers
The Rose Corporation
Remcon Plastics

We discussed the difficulties of cultural change, product flow, line balancing, scheduling/capacity planning, safety, quality, measures and 5S (6S to some).
Thanks again to Rich and Dave at Remcon especially for their time and patience. It was a morning well spent for all.

Clean Burn asked for an employee of a member company to attend their “Burner Department Kaizen” the scope: from detailing the current situation, designing the desired condition and moving equipment, material and people to support the improved flow. The kaizen will last one week (full days) from Monday March 6, 2006 to Friday March 10, 2006. The network’s plan is to have reciprical arrangement with host and “lender” companies.

All interested companies please contact me.

This is our first attempt at this type interaction. We plan to manage it carefully, notice what does and does not work, make improvements and do it again at another company.

The Who?, What?, When?, Where? and Why? for the next meeting are yet to be determined. I am planning for a March or early April network meeting. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS REGARDING THE NEXT MEETING. The group is much, much more creative and intelligent than me alone planning events.

Thank you all very much, I appreciated all your good thinking this morning………keep it up!

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