AstenJohnson Valleyfield 
Valleyfield, Quebec

Industry: Pulp, Paper and Paperboard; Textiles

Website of headquarters: AstenJohnson

Results

• Reduction in length of production runs (from 92 to 52 sheets)
• Reduction in the length of delivery lead time (now 30 days on average)
• Lean Manufacturing, Lean Management, Six Sigma and Kaizen-Impact training for all personnel.
• Training of an in-house training staff.
• Three weeks of Kaizen-Impact Strategic Production FLO Training.
• Two separate Kaizen-Impact Production Set Up (SMED) training programs in the joining department:
  • Three weeks of training in machinery set-up
  • Three weeks of training in machinery start-up

Contributing Techniques and Tools

• None.

Source: Toptech Groupe Conseil inc Case Studies.