An example of lean manufacturing working

Who received the lean manufacturing excellence award in 2001:

In August 2001, the Clyde, New York Gas Turbine Fuel System Division (GTFSD) of Parker Hannifin was selected to receive the Lean Manufacturing Excellence Award for Overall Implementation. This honor is awarded by FlowCycle, Inc in Dallas. The award will actually be celebrated in October.

The "Clyde, New York division assembles fuel nozzles, valves and injection systems for gas turbine aircraft engines that can help define requirements for proper fuel flow, atomization, and placement to ensure optimum combustion performance" (Market News Publishing, 2001, p. 1008274u5816). The original objectives of the company were to "redesign a line to increase output from 50 units per week to 200, reduce work-in-progress (WIP) by 50% in six months, implement a Kanban/Pull system in 12 weeks and called for a 50% reduction in cycle time within six months" (Market News Publishing, 2001, p. 1008274u5816).
The company accomplished the following through their lean manufacturing efforts:
Met customer shipping requirements while reducing cycle time and WIP over 50 percent.

Industries that could use lean manufacturing

Northrup Grumman provides a good example of how well the 5 S system can work. The company first implemented the 5 S system on a part of their delivery process. The work area was changed from different components into a single product. Prior to using this system, the area was disorganized and inefficient. Using this system, however, reduced the space employees needed to travel to complete their tasks by 93 percent. They also realized a 42 percent reduction in the total floor space used (Skinner, 2001).

An example of lean manufacturing working

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