My Lean Journey by Matt Hoyng Nearly 10 years ago, I was managing an extrusion and injection molding manufacturing plant, and it was struggling. We were losing money; our culture was poor, and our customers were unhappy. We knew we had to do something to save the plant and the jobs, so we started lookingContinue reading “My Lean Journey”
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Economic Update September 2023
Manufacturing Economic Update September 2023 Guest post by: Leland Smith What Should Manufacturers Like Me Do About The Economy? Background: The Dayton Region Manufacturers Association (DRMA) held its annual Economic Outlook with Connor Lokar of ITR Economics in September 2023. The event looked at the economy today and beyond focusing on Ohio manufacturers. Below areContinue reading “Economic Update September 2023”
Improving Changeover
Ever-Roll asked FastLane to help reduce changeover times from part to part. Each employee had their own way of doing things. They did not have a standard way to gather the tools and tooling for each part or a way to make the necessary machine adjustments required to perform the setup for each job.
Product Design
Superior Aluminum wanted to improve the screw cover design for the top and bottom rail of their square post products. The existing design required a tedious assembly process and did not allow for field modification. Superior wanted to
Ohio Defense Manufacturing Community Grant
Strengthening Ohio DoD supply chain with automation and technology.
Funding is available through the Ohio Defense Manufacturing Community, to offer expertise to support solutions to increase production capacity, improve product quality, implement new factory floor technologies and up-skill your workforce to support new technologies and equipment.
The goal is to keep Ohio manufacturers at the forefront of innovation to grow, succeed, and compete.
Surviving COVID Shutdown
Surviving the COVID Shutdown Scenic Solutions Company Profile: Scenic Solutions, LLC, located in West Carrollton, Ohio, provides services for the entertainment industry and other entities needing products associated with entertainment, display, themed environments, or custom fabrication. “Scenic Solutions is grateful for FastLane! The COVID shutdown was a very scary time for our business but weContinue reading “Surviving COVID Shutdown”
Ohio MEP Internship Program
Leveraging Ohio MEP Internship Program Sweet Manufacturing Company Company Profile: Sweet Manufacturing Company is a premier global producer of bulk material handling equipment, including bucket elevators, belt and chain conveyors and support systems which are supplied to both the agricultural and industrial markets. Sweet currently has equipment in 55 countries covering 6 continents around theContinue reading “Ohio MEP Internship Program”
Talent Pipeline
Building Talent Pipeline Shaffer Linxis Group Company Profile: Shaffer Linxis Group offers horizontal mixers in the baking industry with a proprietary open frame mixer design and has elevated bowl cooling that provides the best cooling performance in the industry. They developed technology that not only makes the mixing process more consistent, but also minimizes downtimeContinue reading “Talent Pipeline”
Gear Inspection Automation
Gear Inspection Automation Slone Gear International, Inc. Company Profile:Slone Gear International, Inc. based in Tipp City, Ohio, develops and distributes gear metrology products, both standard and custom gaging solutions for the most challenging gear and spline measurement applications. “We were impressed with the support we received throughout the project, the quick response time, and theContinue reading “Gear Inspection Automation”
Value Stream Mapping Shaffer
Value Stream Mapping Shaffer Manufacturing Corp Company Profile:Located in Urbana, Ohio, Shaffer Manufacturing Corp is a part of the Linxis Group. Shaffer is leading the innovation of mixers and processing equipment. They provide customized solutions to customers and support their ability to mix products precisely and efficiently. “The value stream mapping was the start ofContinue reading “Value Stream Mapping Shaffer”
