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The following is a Lean Case Study from our MEP MSI-managed family of Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs) that demonstrates the impact of the Time Wise® Management Systems’ Lean transformation methodology deployed through Time Wise® Solutions training products.
Tempe, AZ - When officials at Sonic Machine & Tool, Inc., considered adding a second facility, they turned to the Arizona Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Arizona MEP) for advice.
"We knew we wanted to follow a Lean manufacturing approach," said Mark Willmering, vice president, "but we realized we didn’t have the skills or knowledge of the concepts necessary to do so."
Willmering and several other top officials at Sonic received training in the concepts of Lean manufacturing in the Scottsdale office of the Arizona MEP and the results - in Willmering’s own words - "were eye-opening."
An ISO certified machine shop, Sonic’s 35 employees manufacture aerospace parts for clients such as Honeywell. In business since 1981, Sonic officials plan to build a new 6,500-square-foot facility next to their current plant, which they hope will generate $1 million in annual sales and create 10 new jobs.
"While the current economic climate has made us put the new building on hold," Willmering said, "we have definitely applied Lean Manufacturing procedures in different departments and have continued the ongoing training of our employees in Lean principles."
"I am a great believer in the process," he said, "and pretty much the entire management team at Sonic has attended Lean workshops, and we are now in the process of educating our employees in the same concepts."
While a new building would have tied everything together, Willmering said, he didn’t wait to implement the process or to build the teams necessary for Lean Manufacturing concepts to be successful.
"I heard about the Lean Manufacturing workshops through the Arizona Tooling Machining Association," Willmering said, "and now I recommend them myself to everyone involved in the association."
"There’s no doubt the Arizona MEP has been very helpful with Sonic’s Lean transformation," he added.
The Lean success story you have just read is an actual case study from one of our MEP MSI-managed state MEP centers. Our affiliate MEPs utilize the Time Wise® Management Systems’ Lean transformation methodology based on world class Time Wise® Solutions training products. MSI-managed MEP center project managers are vetted and trained at the Time Wise® Institute and receive access to a full suite of integrated Time Wise® products.
Our certified Lean-trained project implementation facilitators work with a company's management team to identify conditions that impede the ability to become more competitive and prosperous. During intensive hands-on training sessions with employees at all levels of the organization, our certified Time Wise® MEP specialists solve specific problems from the shop floor to the front office and assess how well each department contributes to overall productivity and profitability. Essential tools are furnished to optimize performance and provide guidance so that companies can use those tools and systems effectively on their own to sustain the improvement process.
Since our MEP affiliates have begun utilizing the Time Wise® Solutions suite of products, their performance has increased significantly. Just a fraction of the accomplishments of our affiliate state MEP centers have been reported on our web site. Click here to read additional success stories.
To learn more about Time Wise® Solutions products or to join the Time Wise® Management Systems team of MEP Centers, please call 1-866-USA-MADE (1-866-872-6233) or email us at: info@timewisems.com.
Our certified Lean-trained project implementation facilitators work with a company's management team to identify conditions that impede the ability to become more competitive and prosperous. During intensive hands-on training sessions with employees at all levels of the organization, our certified Time Wise® MEP specialists solve specific problems from the shop floor to the front office and assess how well each department contributes to overall productivity and profitability. Essential tools are furnished to optimize performance and provide guidance so that companies can use those tools and systems effectively on their own to sustain the improvement process.
Since our MEP affiliates have begun utilizing the Time Wise® Solutions suite of products, their performance has increased significantly. Just a fraction of the accomplishments of our affiliate state MEP centers have been reported on our web site. Click here to read additional success stories.
To learn more about Time Wise® Solutions products or to join the Time Wise® Management Systems team of MEP Centers, please call 1-866-USA-MADE (1-866-872-6233) or email us at: info@timewisems.com.