California thrivin’  

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Deligio, Tony

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Modern Plastics Worldwide vol. 86 no. 8 (Sep. 2009), page 42.
Topik: Pelican Products; Injection Molds; Toyota Production System (TPS)

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How could you grow your business by roughly 20% per year over the last four years without adding machines or people? Increase efficiency at the same time. Pelican Products (Torrance, CA), a manufacturer of protective cases and lighting equipment, has done just that—increase the number of parts it injection molds at its California headquarters without enlarging its machinery or personnel footprint—with the productivity gains most evident in its bottom line. “I think the overall strategy has been grow and keep your overhead,” explains Shailesh Bambardekar, director of operations at Pelican. “Don’t allow your overhead to grow at the same ratio your revenue is growing. Then your profit continues to grow. We’re just getting more out of what we have every year, and that’s the key.” At this point, what the company has in Torrance is a total of 200,000 ft2, with 120,000 ft2 of that dedicated to manufacturing, housing 22 injection molding machines, which range in size from 50-1800 tons, with all but one from Milacron. To ensure it maximizes its output, the company adopted its own version of Toyota Production System (TPS), including kanban inventory control and regular kaizen events. The kaizen events typically take one week, including a presentation of findings.

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