Kaizen Events
“Kaizen”: A Japanese term that is most literally translated as “continuity and change for the better”. It is based on the fundamental philosophy that what we do today should be better than yesterday, and what we do tomorrow should be better than today – never accepting status quo. No matter how well we perform, we know we can do better and look to do so tomorrow.
Our Kaizen program focuses on the implementation of cutting-edge manufacturing principles, including 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work and Kanban.
A summary of Kaizen events at Ultra Electronics, NSPI:
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July 13-15, 2011: Certify Operations for Self-Inspect, Improve Ergonomics and Improve Standard Cost Team Members:
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June 15 – 17, 2011: Project Management of Nuclear Temperature Orders Team Members:
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June 1 – 3, 2011: Design and Build a Staging Area for Shipments Team Members:
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May 4 – 6, 2011: Develop a Dedicated Transactional Process for Cell 81 Team Members:
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April 27 – 29, 2011: Reduce Transactional Processing of Cell 76 GSA Orders Team Members:
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April 6 – 8, 2011: 15% Metrology Lab Throughput Improvement Team Members:
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March 23 – 25, 2011:Implement Phase One of the Production Facilities Master Plan Team Members:
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March 16 – 18, 2011:15% Element Room Throughput Improvement Team Members:
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February 23-25, 2011:Reduce the Financial Close Process by One Day Team Members:
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February 2 – 4, 2011: Reduce the Cost of T-Mass Flow Sensors by 15% Baseline Current Capacity/Assess Growth Potential Team Members:
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January 19 – 21, 2011: Define a Production Facilities Master Plan that will Support the Four Year Growth Target Team Members:
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January 5-7, 2011: Cell 066 & Cell 055 Consolidation & Improvement of Point of Use Inventory Team Members:
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December 15-17, 2010: Improve Flow, Safety & Reduce Cost in Cell 072
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