From the course: Implementing Lean: A Case Study

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Lean capital expenditure and quality first

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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