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When – 9am to 4pm  Thursday December 10, 2015 What – Theme: Morning session – Rose’s “house of change”, Afternoon – Safety Roundtable – Rose Corp and Misco will present, followed by interactive discussion, learning and sharing. Where: Rose Corporation 401 N. 8TH STREET READING, PA 19612-5208 TEL: 610.376.5004Why:   SAFETY FIRST…..the ultimate statement of respect… Read more »

From Andrew Bishop taking over in my absence: Misco, Rose, Inclinator, Adhesives Research and Four Seasons were present at today’s meeting. We saw a some good things, among them: ·         Lots of visual controls, visual displays and visual work orders,  including visual work orders that are examples of direct connections:  work processes connected by a… Read more »

When – 9am to noon  Thursday November 12, 2015 What – Theme:  Standardized work (vs. Standard Work) in highly variable work environment Where:  Green Leaf Plants™ 2369 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA  17602 Why:   Green Leaf is always a great tour as Andrew and his team really do continuous improvement.  Come see, ask question and… Read more »

Our first visit to Brentwood Industries gorgeous campus east of Reading. The focus of the day was 8D problem solving.  During the tour we spent quite a bit of time asking the people doing the work to discuss the process. Good feedback with respect to the process.  Those questioned appreciated being included in problem solving… Read more »

Who – Max of 3 per member company What – Problem solving using 8D The 8D steps and tools used are as follows: D0: Prepare for the 8D D1: Form a Team D2: Describe the Problem D3: Interim Containment Action D4: RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and Escape Point D5: Permanent Corrective Action D6: Implement and… Read more »

The networks first visit to Inclinator who has recently begun their continuous improvement journey.  We saw lots of progress and tons of opportunity. We were all impressed by the enthusiasm demonstrated by everyone we spoke with.  Inclinator’s future looks very bright with this level of employee buy in. Thanks to everyone at Inclinator who help… Read more »

Facilitated and reported by Andrew Bishop – thank you for doing a great job Andrew! C. F. Martin & Co. were very generous with us.  We were not given the run-of-the-mill tour, but were guided through the process by Gene Hracho, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, who had a wealth of insight into process and also joined… Read more »

News from Andrew Bishop… We are booked for a tour at Martin Guitar, 9:00 Thursday, August 13.  They do tour groups of 15, so if we get more than 15, we will have two tours, with the second group starting at 9:10.  Our upper limit is 30; no loss if we turn up with 15… Read more »

When:  Thursday Sept 3, 2015 from 9am to noon Where:  Inclinator Company of America, 601 Gibson Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17104 – What: “Beginning the journey – lessons learned” Who: Max of 3 attendees per member company Why: A new member hosting for the first time discussing what they have learned in their first year of… Read more »

Captain Dan Bezek discusses visual tools Very interesting and exciting morning at the Manheim Township Fire Department. Amazing how many lean tools are in place without knowing they are lean tools.  Great stuff! Thanks to Captain Dan Bezek (and his father long time LTN member Tom Bezek) and Dan’s entire team. Attending member companies included:… Read more »