Who: Justin Aschenbrenner, vice president, Power
Transmission Division, Gates Corporation (Denver, CO)
size=2>
Company
Snapshot
- Sixty-eight production facilities in 21
countries - 23,600
employees - Key
products: Belts,
hose and hydraulics, pulleys and tensioners
Traditionally, the "relentless
elimination
of waste," or the principle of Lean processing, refers to production
on the plant floor. But in reality, the fundamentals
of Lean can be applied to
any process, even those in the corporate environment.
We have been applying Lean
principles to the corporate/sales environment for a little over two years using
a number of tools: 5S, visual factory,
process flow, process ...
Who: Justin Aschenbrenner, vice president, Power
Transmission Division, Gates Corporation (Denver, CO)
size=2>
Company
Snapshot
- Sixty-eight production facilities in 21
countries - 23,600
employees - Key
products: Belts,
hose and hydraulics, pulleys and tensioners
Traditionally, the "relentless
elimination
of waste," or the principle of Lean processing, refers to production
on the plant floor. But in reality, the fundamentals
of Lean can be applied to
any process, even those in the corporate environment.
We have been applying Lean
principles to the corporate/sales environment for a little over two years using
a number of tools: 5S, visual factory,
process flow, process ...
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