SME ER96-181

Arvin Industries has developed an education program which teaches employees the concepts of short cycle manufacturing and how to improve their operations. The program of employee education is reducing cycle times, saving floor space, increasing productivity, and making the company more competitive. This corporate wide effort, now being implemented, is bringing the concept of work place organization, setup time reduction, cellular manufacturing, and lot size reduction to over 14,000 employees. The commitment to employee training has help Arvin achieve significant improvements in reducing work-in-process inventory, cycle times, change over times and manufacturing costs.

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Published:

06/01/1996

Number of Pages:

4

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1 file , 20 KB