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Enterprises improve productivity and quality thanks to Kaizen
Kaizen has become extremely familiar and has become a guideline for many businesses in our country as well as helping more and more manufacturers to improve productivity and quality. Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company. It is the world’s largest food company by revenue, and ranked 72nd...
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People with many technical improvement initiatives
Actively researching, understanding each production stage will know the advantages and disadvantages of the equipment to come up with ideas, initiatives to improve the technique accordingly to limit product defects, benefit production. It is the share of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Luan, chairman of Yokowo Vietnam CO., LTD (Dong van II industrial...
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Hampshire die-casting firm is boosting production space by 50%
A die-casting company based in Andover, Hampshire is increasing its manufacturing space by 50% and opening a new foundry with the help of the MTC. An SME team from the MTC’s manufacturing support services operation worked with managers and operators from Queens Award-winning die-casting supplier MRT Castings, helping the firm with...
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Young engineer discovers bullet fire particle technology for modern military
In the organize of infantry, artillery and mortar bullets, the particle of fire is an important and indispensable part because it acts as a trigger for active bullets and is considered the heart of the weapon. The pioneer As one of 10 typical young faces of the entire army in 2019,...
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Mini Gears: Success through technology investment and internal management (Part 2)
Internal management is a key factor in helping Mini Gears maintain its innovative operations. To strengthen internal management capacity, Mini Gears cooperated with Jounetsu Consulting to conduct training courses on 5S and lean production. In the spirit of “waste” as an enemy, equipment screening, sorting and standardization activities were carried out...
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Improving productivity-per-head in manufacturing
Optimising available resources to maximise productivity in these challenging times is not only desirable – it’s absolutely essential, affirms Tim Paddison, managing director of tooling and machining specialist Hoffmann Group UK. With more than 620,000 manufacturing jobs lost in just over a decade, crippling workforce shortages are having a greater impact...
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Turning to twins for rising productivity gains
Welwyn Garden City-based subcontractor Unicut Precision has a long history of investing in Citizen twin-spindle, twin-turret turning technology, which has enabled it to expand it markets, particularly in the hydraulics industry. The latest Citizen machines, including those with low frequency vibration (LFV) technology, are helping the company increase lights-out production and...
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Forming a new pathway to productivity
Ed Hill visited Rugby-based AW Precision to discover how this well-established punch and die engineering company is changing to keep pace with modern manufacturing. Darwin’s concept that animals have to adapt to survive applies as much in business as it does to evolution and we live in times when manufacturers are...
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Albon Engineering & Manufacturing PLC
A Value Stream Mapping and O.E.E. improvement activity, supporting Albon’s investment in machinery and tooling, resulting in a 70% increase in line output BackgroundAlbon Plc. is a large, independent design and manufacturing company specialising in the machining and assembly of engine components for automotive and diesel manufacturers world-wide. Current activities consist...
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Quang Minh mechanic reduces waste thanks to 5S and Kaizen
Quang Minh Mechanical Joint Stock Company is an enterprise specializing in designing, manufacturing, supplying, installing and transferring technology in beverage, food, chemical and cosmetic industries, etc. Participating in the national program “Improving productivity and quality of products and goods of Vietnamese enterprises until 2020”, the company received the support of consultants...
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