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P&H Mining Applies QRM in Restructuring
When P&H Mining began major restructuring, it seized the
opportunity to introduce Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) techniques.
The company integrated the steps involved in plate-processing, which in
turn decreased the amount of WIP and in-process storage and cut the high
cost of indirect labor in managing that inventory.
It created a manufacturing cell for its large round parts, reducing WIP
and the related costs, shortening response times, and cutting the overall
cost of producing those parts.
"All companies are operating in increasingly time-sensitive environments,"
says Neil Massey, P&H's Vice President of Operations. QRM is helping P&H
Mining become more competitive with its core product, while improving the
return on workplace capital.
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