By simply replacing a $3 switch, our Oman-based steel company client dramatically reduced the amount of excess tube material shipped to their customers with every tube that they produced. As a result of the switch changeover, the average length of excess material, per tube, was reduced from 32mm to just 6mm. The total amount of material saved equated to 2,219 tubes and $250K in savings.
Based in Oman my client sought to review their material cutting process. Supplying steel bars of 6m they were allowed to ship longer lengths, but not shorter. Determine the volume of excess material shipped and seek to control the process.
The Lean 6-Sigma Training is eye opener for make a changes within an organisation; it gives a lot of opportunity to find Small Improvements which give huge savings.
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