Best-in-class
By Roberto Michel, Editor at Large -- Modern Materials Handling, 9/1/2005
| Integram division of Intier <$1B, St. Louis, Missouri |
Automotive supplier, including integrated seating assemblies |
Less than 5 years; newly overhauled factory; automated control network supports work cell production |
Rockwell Automation 414-212-5200 www.rockwellautomation.com |
| Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd. $2.5B, Farm Equipment Division $400M, Mumbai India |
Farm equipment, tractors for light commercial farming |
Less than 5 years; partial manufacturing to support major lines; Lean supply chain from customer to manufacturing to supplier |
SAP 800-872-1727 www.sap.com |
| Pilkington North America $4B, Toledo, Ohio | Multi-tier automotive, glass and glazing products |
Mature Lean manufacturer; added work cell and factory scheduling; integrated customer demand signals | JRG 866-574-7638 www.jrgsoftware.com |
| The Marena Group, Inc. <$25M, Lawrenceville, Ga. | Surgical compression clothing for medical industry |
Less than 5 years; factory floor implementation drum-buffer-rope for lower demand items; Kanban supermarket for high volume | Infor Global Solutions (Visual Easy Lean) 603-926-9696 www.lillysoftware.com |
| Unnamed – leading multi-tier automotive supplier |
Multi-tier automotive, integrated seating assemblies |
Mature Lean manufacturer; work cell and factory scheduling; integrated customer demand signals |
Factory Logic 877-319-6552 www.factorylogic.com |
| Unnamed – major defense contractor |
Electronic guidance sys-tems for defense industry |
Less than 5 years; DoD requested significant production ramp-up in wake of September 11 |
Brooks Automation 978-262-2400 www.brooks.com |
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