Background Our client is an innovator and manufacturer of specialty materials. A key part of their product portfolio is engineered specialty fabrics used in healthcare including gowns used in hospitals and operating rooms. Persisting Challenge The end customer noticed...
BASF is a global corporation with a very diversified portfolio that ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products, fine chemicals, crude oil and natural gas. Approximately 95,000 employees on five continents are the key to their success....
Bob’s Stores sells men, women and children’s discounted name-brand clothing, including casual and activewear, and footwear. The company operates about 35 locations, averaging 45,000 sq. ft., in six northeastern states that target moderate to upper-middle incomes....
Industry Department: Manufacturing- Assembly Process: Production Objectives: Reduce the rework rate This also involves an examination of what requires rework Goal of reducing from 55% to 27% of output requiring rework Increase the output 3,500 to 5,000 units per day...
Project Background The Affordable Care Act generated significant strategic uncertainty for this independent hospital system in the Southern United States. Patient quality metrics showed an exemplary level of care indicative of strong, consistent leadership, and high...
Project Background This study was conducted as part of an overall implementation of Lean Sigma in the Radiology Department at Columbus Regional Hospital (CRH) in Columbus, Indiana. Cycle times for CT examinations at CRH were found to be 75 percent higher than national...