by Kent Elastomer | Feb 28, 2020 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Revisiting Our Order Entry Process The order entry process has been refined several times since 2006 with positive changes being made to speed up the process, eliminate waste, and improve communication between the sales and production teams. However, in our ever...
by Kent Elastomer | Feb 6, 2020 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Modifying Our Assembly Process To ensure the quality of our products and reduce the potential for particulate in the assembly room at our Mogadore facility, we put together a Kaizen team to focus on improvements related specifically to cardboard debris. In the process...
by Kent Elastomer | Jan 13, 2020 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Efficient and Consistent Manufacturing During the process of manufacturing natural rubber latex tubing, numerous defects can occur. So, it’s important to have an organized system for identifying and communicating defects to ensure we manufacture high-quality...
by Kent Elastomer | Dec 2, 2019 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Developing “Lean Line” With our latex tubing processing area being the largest square foot department in KEP’s Winesburg facility, it’s important to continually assess its processes to ensure they are as lean as they can be. In a recent Kaizen,...
by Kent Elastomer | Nov 4, 2019 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Reducing Double Handling KEP is always looking for ways to increase the efficiency of our lean manufacturing and help cut costs for our customers. We went to work for one of our medical and surgical industry customers to find ways to reduce waste and further...
by Kent Elastomer | Sep 24, 2019 | Kaizen, Leaderviews
Improving Scheduling Processes The last update to our process for scheduling natural rubber latex tubing production was in 2008 – but successful growth calls for continuous lean improvements. Due to the increasing demand for our natural rubber latex tubing products,...
