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Fenner Drives’ Workplace Organization Program On May 23rd, 2013, members of The Rose Corporation were invited to tour Fenner Drives’ facility in Manheim, Pennsylvania.  The purpose of this tour was to demonstrate 6S principles being implemented at Fenner Drives, and exchange lean network ideas with members of The Rose Corporation.  The Rose Corporation picked up… Read more »

Where:  Tobyhanna Army Depot, 11 Hap Arnold Blvd  Tobyhanna, PA 18466 When:  Plan to meet at the entrance gate of the depot between 8 and 8:15, Thursday August 8, 2013 What:  We will tour areas of the facility focusing on their best practices Who:  Maximum of 3 per member company.  If you are not a U.S…. Read more »

A full day of training focusing on the people side of lean.  The objective is to provide attendees with an understanding of what it takes to gain and maintain allies to their Continuous Improvement (Lean) efforts. In addition, we will have a Skype videocast with Mark Graban, the host of the Lean Blog, and author… Read more »

  The networks first visit to our newest network member did not disappoint. We were first struck by the beautiful facility which included a workout room and a beautiful lunch/breakfast area with a view. Both of our hosts and most attendees felt the meeting was rushed with our schedule of completion by noon.  I offered… Read more »

Interesting article on Green Leaf Enterprises effective use of Visual Controls to give simple direction and define “normal” Green Leaf article

Our newest member will be hosting the network in April When:  Thursday April 4, 2013 from 9am until noon Where: Videon Central, Inc. 2171 Sandy Drive State College, PA 16803 Phone: (814) 235-1111 Who: Max of three attendees per member company What: What has worked so far – brief success stories in Supply Chain, Quality… Read more »

Great job by Rose Corp’s team hosting our meeting.  They have created a significant amount of  additional space and order in their large facilities since our last visit in late 2011.  The theme of the day was sustaining the continuous improvement process.  My thanks to Tom McDevitt for his excellent job telling the story of… Read more »

Tom Bezek’s meeting report:  (THANK YOU TOM) We had a great LTN meeting at Fenner Drives this morning.  It was held at their Lancaster facility which they moved into over the summer.  They have moved their extrusion line from the Manheim facility in order to free up space for growth.  Here is a summary of… Read more »

When:  Thursday January 10, 2013 9:30am to Noon Where:  Fenner Drive 1421 Arcadia Rd Lancaster PA 17601 What/Agenda: Plan to arrive at 9:30 am at 1421 Arcadia Rd Lancaster PA 17601 9:30-9:45 Welcome and who we are- Alida 9:45- 10:30 Extrusion and oring cells. 10:30-11:30 Board room- Review our customer feedback log. 11:15-12:00 Opportunities identified/open… Read more »

Where: The Rose Corporation 401 North 8th Street Reading, PA 19601 Attn: Tom McDevitt  (610) 376-5004 When: Thursday February 14, 2013 beginning at 9am ending at 4pm What: Rose began it’s Lean journey in 2005 and have been able to stay focused on people and improvement.  How do they do it?  Late morning we are… Read more »