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Renaissance Woodworking Embraces Lean Manufacturing

Renaissance Woodworking | Decatur, Alabama Company Information: Renaissance Woodworking Company, Inc. is a producer of customized wood products and was established in Decatur in 1995. Renaissance provides products such as timber framings, flooring, doors, cabinets and even molding all to the specifications of their customer. Situation: Renaissance, because of their customized products, had never considered  Read more »

UAH-ATN guides R&D Electronics to AS-9100 Registration

R&D Electronics | Brownsboro, Alabama Company Information: R&D Electronics is a proven supplier of complex electronic assemblies to the United States Government and their prime contractors. For over 30 years customers have relied on R&D Electronics to support their programs from Development through Production. Situation: R&D Electronics has always been a company that looks forward  Read more »

UAH Students Implement Waste Tracking System and Lower Safety Risks for Workers

Phoenix Industries | Huntsville, Alabama Company Information: Phoenix Industries is the self-supporting business arm of the Huntsville Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization founded in 1969 to assist persons with vocational disabilities in going to work. Phoenix provides work opportunities for their 120 employees through contracts with commercial firms and government agencies. One such contract  Read more »

Kaizen Cleans Up Workplace

Pall Corporation | Pensacola, Florida (2002) Company Information: The Pall Membrane Technology Center in Pensacola manufactures filters for medical, pharmaceutical, industrial and laboratory applications. Pall Corporation is the leader in the rapidly growing filtration, separations and purification industry. It provides leading-edge products for use in high-growth applications such as genomics, proteomics and biotechnology, in transfusion  Read more »

Kaizen Event Implements 5 S and Storage

Pall Corporation | Pensacola, Florida Company Information: The Pall Membrane Technology Center in Pensacola manufactures filters for medical, pharmaceutical, industrial and laboratory applications. Pall Corporation is the leader in the rapidly growing filtration, separations and purification industry. It provides leading-edge products for use in high-growth applications such as genomics, proteomics and biotechnology, in transfusion medicine,  Read more »

Lean Enterprise Implementation Turns Fortunes at O’Neal Steel Jacksonville

O’Neal Steel | Jacksonville, Florida Company Information: O’Neal Steel is a full-line metals service center with a vast array of products and multi-stage processing capabilities that enables them to service fabricators, job shops, and a wide variety of OEMs.  After more than 80 years in business, O’Neal Steel is now the United States’ largest family-owned  Read more »

Lean Enterprise Implementation Changing O’Neal Steel Operations

O’Neal Steel | Birmingham, Alabama Company Information: O’Neal Steel is a full-line metals service center with a vast array of products and multi-stage processing capabilities that enables them to service fabricators, job shops, and a wide variety of OEMs.  After more than 80 years in business, O’Neal Steel is now the United States’ largest family-owned  Read more »

UAH-ATN Trains Mercedes in Sequence JIT Production

Mercedes Benz, U.S International, Inc. (MBUSI) | Tuscaloosa, Alabama Company Information: Since 1997, MBUSI has produced the new M-class sport utility vehicle in its new Greenfield plant in Vance, Alabama. During two shifts, 700 employees assemble 180-200 high quality SUVs per shift (one every three minutes). Situation: MBUSI has adopted best practices from the auto  Read more »

Lean Enterprise Implementation has big impact at the McDuffie Coal Terminal

Alabama State Port Authority | Mobile, Alabama Company Information: The Alabama State Port Authority (Port of Mobile) is experiencing growth issues reflective of those being experienced at Ports nationwide. McDuffie Coal Terminal, the Port’s largest revenue division, is the nation’s largest import coal terminal and second largest coal terminal overall with a designed capacity of  Read more »

5S and Layout Improvement

Hol-Mac Corporation | Bay Springs, Mississippi Company Information: Hol-Mac Corporation is a major supplier of welded steel fabrications, contract machining and assembly services to major original equipment manufacturers. Hol-Mac serves customers in construction equipment, forestry equipment, automotive, solid waste, railway and transportation equipment. Situation: Hol-Mac’s forklift body line was designed to meet customer demand and  Read more »