Case Study Archives
Below are a list of archived case studies that TBM has been involved with recently and in the past. Click on a Case Study to view additional details.
- Case Study - Accellent: Creates a Culture of Continuous Improvement
- Medical device manufacturer turns to the TBM LeanSigma Institute for a system-wide approach to lean education and action. Read More
- Case Study - Beer Production Company
- A North American brewing company uses LeanSigma to improve yield, ensure quality and reduce costs. Read More
- Case Study - Business Process Improvement in the Semiconductor Industry
- Implementing Continuous Improvement to the Change Management Process in a Highly Customized Technology Environment. Read More
- Case Study - ConMed: Becoming More Reliable Through LeanSigma
- A Leading Medical Device Manufacturer Achieves Cost Reductions While Advancing its Growth Strategy. Read More
- Case Study - Conn-Selmer: Lean Product Development Helps You Play a Different Tune
- Ashwin Badve from TBM came to Conn-Selmer to train our marketing department on the fundamental aspects of DLS and what its capabilities are. Read More
- Case Study - Consumer Products Manufacturer: Lean Helps Manufacturer Manage Demand Fluctuations
- Asia-based Consumer Products Manufacturer Uses Lean to Meet Changing Customer Demand with Improved Flexibility and Productivity. Read More
- Case Study - Designing for Hubbell Incorporated
- Amid hundreds of improvement projects in a multi-site company, one team can make an enormous difference using Design for LeanSigma - even changing the idea of what is possible. Read More
- Case Study - Draka Takes the Lean Path to Operational Excellence
- A Netherlands-based Manufacturer of Electronic and Communications Cables uses LeanSigma to Double Output and Boost Productivity. Read More
- Case Study - Garment Manufacturer: New Efficiencies for Indonesian Garment Producer
- An Apparel Manufacturer with 4,000 Employees Speeds Up Style Changeovers and Frees Up Capacity While Satisfying Quality and Delivery Requirements. Read More
- Case Study - Garware: Mastering the Lean Ropes
- Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd. applies lean thinking with a customer-centric approach and improves return on invested capital.Read More
- Case Study - GEX: Gokaldas Builds a Lean Culture and Increases Profitability
- India-based Apparel Manufacturer Adopts LeanSigma and Increases On-time Delivery, Enhances Productivity and Grows Sales During Global Recession. Read More
- Case Study - Lean Certification: Jump Starting a Lean Journey
- Most companies realize that they possess neither the internal expertise nor the time to design, train, implement, and sustain a lean program on their own. To ignite an enterprise to embrace a lean culture, an increasing number of manufacturers are turning to a training and mentoring track that provides in-house expertise to help companies not only start but also sustain that transformation: lean certification. Read More
- Case Study - LeMaitre Eliminates Excess Space, Time and Materials
- A Manufacturer of Vascular Devices and Implants Enhances Quality and Margins By Integrating Lean and Continuous Improvement Into Corporate Culture. Read More
- Case Study - Luxury Goods Manufacturer Rightsizes Operations
- Rightsizing Production for a Smaller Footprint Improved Quality, Delivery and the Bottom Line.Read More
- Case Study - LVC: Tying Inventory Levels to Customer Demand
- A Multi-billion Dollar Household Products Manufacturer Leverages Lean to Eliminate Seasonal Inventory Surges - Freeing Up Over $1 Million in Working Capital. Read More
- Case Study - Norfolk Southern: Giving Customers More Value for Their Transportation Costs
- People depend on Norfolk Southern's ability to get products where they are supposed to be on time, every time. When freight is shipped, the customer already has capital tied up in that freight, and that money can't be freed up until the customer has the product in hand and can put it on the shelf to sell. Late arrivals aren't just an inconvenience; they cost money.Read More
- Case Study - Packaging Manufacturer Upgrades Value Chain
- Creating a Lean Value Chain Cut $1 million in Inventory Cost, Raised Fill Rates and Sharpened Forecasting. Read More
- Case Study - Plan for Success through Policy Deployment
- In the fall, when you close out the books for the fiscal year, does your management team breathe a sigh of relief? Do you see this closure as a time to relax, or do you start looking forward to the coming year? Does your team plan for success or just hope that the markets favor you and your bottom line? Read More
- Case Study - QuadTech: Using LeanSigma to Become the Printing Industry's Technology Leader
- QuadTech is a pre-eminent designer and manufacturer of automated control systems for printing. We leverage the knowledge gained from our printing heritage and our unmatched talent and resources to create inventive solutions to the challenges faced by commercial printers, newspaper publishers, packagers and publication gravure printers. Read More
- Case Study - Republic Airways Realizes Productivity Gains
- A Regional Air Carrier Implements Lean and Kaizen to Decrease Maintenance-Related Cycle Times and Logistics Costs. Read More
- Case Study - Roche Carolina Sets the Standard for Quality Control
- By applying lean tools, such as 5S and visual management, Roche Carolina laboratories defined good manufacturing practices and has helped the company respond to market demand for critical drugs like Tamiflu. Read More
- Case Study - Seaman Corporation is on the Transformation Fast Track
- On starting their lean journey, Crum comments, "I wondered if lean could be applied to our process and where to start with the process. We really started trying to create value through quality, productivity, and responsiveness to our customers. We needed to create flexibility in our process and we needed to create standard work."Read More
- Case Study - Simplification Brings Medical Device Supplier Closer to Customers
- Identifying and removing hard-to-see waste in the call center increases customer value and revenue opportunities.Read More
- Case Study - SMT Laboratories: A Lean Success Outside of Manufacturing
- TBM Helps SMT Laboratories Improve Service Quality for Quality Testing Services. Read More
- Case Study - Steinway & Sons: Applying LeanSigma to Art
- Steinway & Sons embarked on its lean journey in March 2004. And while it was uncharted territory for the vaunted piano maker, LeanSigma already had produced noticeable operational improvements at Steinway's sister company, Conn-Selmer, the nation's leading manufacturer of orchestral and band instruments. Read More
- Case Study - Tires and Wheels Manufacturer Profits From Rightsizing
- A Global Manufacturer Takes the Rightsizing Approach and Sees Higher Quality, Less Scrap and More On-time Deliveries and Inventory Turns.Read More
- Case Study - Vermeer Market Based Strategy
- The company has grown from a small machine shed to a multimillion dollar global company with more than 2,000 employees, a 1.2-million-square-foot manufacturing footprint and a diversified product lineup that spans multiple industries and includes grinders, brush chippers, stump cutters, compost turners, horizontal directional drills, trenchers and hay balers, to name a few.Read More
- Case Study - WIKA Focuses on Leadership Development
- Intensifying and Sustaining a Lean Organization. Read More
- Case Study - WIKA Transforms Supply Chain Thinking to a Lean Value Chain
- Squeezing Out the Waste to Make More Space in Shipping and Distribution. Read More
