From the course: Implementing Lean: A Case Study
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Lean capital expenditure and quality first
From the course: Implementing Lean: A Case Study
Lean capital expenditure and quality first
(upbeat music) - Now when did you get so, I guess the machine was the big investment. And then, so talk about that process of selecting the machine and getting it and getting everybody trained up. Obviously it's a big expense. Money and time. - Both machines behind us here were about 600,000 dollars. So we went for the best quality machine we could get. Quality first so it's a German, it's actually made in America but it's a German company. So it's a TRUMPF laser machine. And we were advised actually by Chuck from in the ditch on which machine to buy. So he was very helpful with that process. - [Ron] So how long have you had it? - [Ryan] We've only had it about a year now. - Yeah okay. - I would say about a year. - So talk about, obviously you're going a bit faster and better quality, but talk about some of the other benefits. - As he just touched on, quality is the main thing. Our philosophy is quality first.…
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Lean is boundless1m 21s
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Seating Matters company overview6m 50s
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Seating Matters process overview5m 23s
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How Seating Matters started their lean journey5m 42s
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Welcome to Paradise4m 23s
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One-piece flow order processing5m 23s
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Ordering processing before lean3m 25s
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Lean cutting process4m 31s
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Cutting process value added vs. non-value added1m 14s
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Lean upholstery: Watching vs. seeing6m 9s
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Introduction to laser cutting3m 15s
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Lean capital expenditure and quality first2m 6s
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Laser printing visual management2m 24s
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Future-state one-piece flow goals2m 47s
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Lean sales7m 58s
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Practicing 3S3m 13s
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One-piece flow tea5m 12s
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