Engagement Results Industry: Manufacturing Size: 300 employees Expertise: Operational Improvement – CPI Assignment: Our client had implemented lean manufacturing cells, but was not receiving the full benet they hoped to achieve. A painting operation was required before the products were tagged and readied for delivery. This required sending the products to a central paint area and then back to the cell for tagging and delivery preparation. Lead time back and forth to the paint department was one week and the products suered handling damage after painting. This resulted in 50% of the items requiring touch-up rework, a signicant cost problem for our client. Actions: MainStream helped the company form a cross functional team from engineering, marketing, manufacturing and special processes

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