AIS
When: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Time: 8:30 am - 11:00 am
Location: 4 Bonnazzoli Avenue, Hudson MA
Cost: $49 per person, limit 2 per GBMP Member company, maximum 20 attendees
AIS is an acclaimed lean manufacturer and received the esteemed Shingo Prize in 2003 for its manufacturing excellence. AIS is a true advocate of lean manufacturing, and credits the success of continuous improvement on the extensive initiatives implemented over the past 10 years. Not only are AIS lead times considered some of the quickest in the industry, but the custom products made by AIS are produced with absolute minimal internal and external failures, thus saving the company tremendous direct and indirect costs. The lean initiatives are centered on our core belief of waste reduction through passionate continuous improvement.
Some of the tools used within the AIS lean program include:
- 5S program (part of our visual manufacturing)
- Kaizens, Quick and Easy Kaizens
- Six Sigma Statistical tools
- Make to order, single piece flow
- Poke Yoke, Kanban
- Value Stream mapping
- Employee Idea generation
- Root cause investigation
