Case Study Thermo Electron Corporation APPLICATION: Accomodation of Small Lot Sizes While Reducing Downtime BACKGROUND: The Sample Preparation Division of Thermo Electron Corporation manufactures products to support medical sample preparation and analysis for laboratories and medical institutions. From pipettes and vacuum chambers to incubators and centrifuges, the Thermo Sample Preparation Division is focused on ensuring the quality of research while enabling ease of sample manipulation. ISSUE: This Thermo Division’s in-house machine shop often receives emergency orders for out-of-stock parts, causing production runs to be interrupted or halfcompleted. Thermo needed the capability to accommodate small lot sizes more effectively, with a specific emphasis on reductions in downtime. The sit

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