PLANNING AND PRODUCTIVITY

Lean Manufacturing

Advent Design is a leading expert in Lean Manufacturing applications. Advent's staff has assisted numerous companies in making the transition to a lean enterprise. Advent's unique blend of Lean Manufacturing skills and Automation skills has made us a leader in Lean Automation. Both applications involve eliminating the waste in your process and finding the most cost-effective solutions. Lean Manufacturing solutions typically involve the "low lying fruit" and have tremendous paybacks given their often low implementation costs. Advent Design has extensively used value stream mapping to develop a road map for implementing Lean concepts such as cellular manufacturing, kanban, and layout improvement. Lean Automation involves automating manufacturing operations after Lean Manufacturing techniques have been implemented. Lean Automation concepts are designed to eliminate variability caused by human interaction and to reduce material handling. Lean Automation solutions typically involve smaller expenditures than other capital projects and result in additional labor and quality savings. In both we are looking to reduce or eliminate potential sources of waste in any manufacturing operation.