deLaFontaine 
Sherbrooke, Québec

Industry: Building Products

Website: deLaFontaine

Results

• "80% reduction in product handling"
• "Product delivery now two weeks sooner"
• "Administrative processing of orders reduced to 1 day"
• "Set-up times reduced, on average, from 35 minutes to 5 minutes"
• "5% increase in productive capacity"
• "Reduction in workplace accidents"

Contributing Techniques and Tools

• Lean manufacturing
• Kaizen

Source: Toptech Groupe Conseil inc Case Studies.