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Projects Archive
2008
Eyeballing the Problem: Reducing Waiting Time in Retina ServicesWisconsin Eye Institute (Waukesha, Wis.)
Reducing Flow Time and Increasing Throughput in Double Drum Roller Assembly Line
Wacker Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)
Reducing Office Lead Time for Orders of New Custom-Engineered Equipment Orders
Schenk Accurate (Whitewater, Wis.)
Reducing Lead Time in Heat Treat Facility that Supports High Variety of Products
P&H Mining Equipment (Milwaukee, Wis.)
2007
Lead Time Reduction for Quoting ProcessDanfoss Drives (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction and Capacity Increase Strategy in Coil Manufacturing for Electric Motors
P&H Mining Equipment (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Design of a POLCA System to Reduce Lead Time between Seven QRM Cells and Multiple Heat Treat Areas
P&H Mining Equipment (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Strategy for Reducing Lead Time of Health Care Furniture to Improve Responsiveness to Market
Nemschoff Chairs (Sheboygan, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction of Engineering's Response to Requests
RenewAire LLC (Madison, Wis.)
The Development and Application of Manufacturing Critical-path Time (MCT) as the Supply Chain Metric for Waste and Lead Time
John Deere (Horicon, Wis.)
Strategy for Reducing Lead Time of Fan Filter Units
Mayville Products Corp. (Mayville, Wis.)
Evaluating Supplier Responsiveness for Achieving Built-to-Demand Production
Wacker Corp. (Menomonee Falls, Wis.)
2006
Boosting Customer Satisfaction by Reducing Lead Time to Deliver Prototypes for Air and Crankcase Ventilation ProductsFleetguard Inc./Cummins Filtration (Stoughton, Wis.)
Beating the Competition to the Punch: Lead Time Reduction in the Tube Quoting Process
Fleetguard Inc./Cummins Filtration (Stoughton, Wis.)
Increasing Market Share for Modified Standard Products by Adopting QRM Companywide
Mayville Products Corp. (Mayville, Wis.)
Bird Feeders Migrate Back to Wisconsin - Lead Time Reduction for Recently Insourced Products from China
Gardner Equipment Co. (Juneau, Wis.)
Reducing Inventory Cost and Improving Responsiveness for Supplying an Emerging Market in Europe
Electronic Theatre Controls (Middleton, Wis.)
Reducing Lead Time in Order Fulfillment to Stay Ahead of the Competitive Market
Saris Cycling Group Inc. (Madison, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction for the Documentation for New Products
GE Healthcare-Ultrasound
Reducing the Length of Stay for Emergency Department Patients
St. Mary's Hospital
2005
Lead Time Reduction for VLT DrivesDanfoss Graham (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction in Large Welding
P&H Mining Equipment (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction in Engineering and Drafting
Fleetguard Inc. (Stoughton,Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction Strategy for Medium-size Units
Universal Silencer Fleetguard Inc. (Muscoda, Wis.)
Redesigning Make-to-Stock Manufacturing Cells to Maintain Lead Times Using QRM principles
RenewAire LLC (Madison,Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction in R&D Purchasing
Electronic Theatre Controls (Middleton,Wis.)
Assembly Shortage Reduction at Saris Cycling Group
Saris Cycling Group Inc. (Madison,Wis.)
2004
Order Processing Lead Time Reduction in Specialty GraphicsSerigraph Inc. (West Bend, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction Strategy for the PAR Product Line
Electronic Theatre Controls (Middleton, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction for Warranty Parts in the Service Department
Danfoss Drives (Loves Park, Ill.)
Lead Time Reduction in Order Release, Kitting and Assembly for Standard APUs
Danfoss Graham (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction and Material Flow Improvement in the XTS 5000 Product Family
Motorola (Schaumburg, Ill.)
Lead time Reduction in Heat Treatment
P&H Mining (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead time Reduction in Order Processing of Rerun Precision Components at McNally
McNally Industries Inc. (Grantsburg, Wis.)
Reducing Lead Times in the CD-ROM Premaster Production Process
Omnipress (Madison, Wis.)
2003
Manufacturing Lead Time Reduction for the Large Round Parts FamilyP&H Mining (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Order Processing Lead Time Reduction in Specialty Graphics
Serigraph Inc. (West Bend, Wis.)
Lead-Time Reduction in Receiving/ Receiving Inspection (RRI) Department
Datex-Ohmeda (Madison, Wis.)
Lead Time Reduction for Fab & Weld and HTL cells
Weir Slurry (Madison, Wis.)
Increasing Manufacturing Capacity to maintain Lead Times using
QRM Principles
RenewAire (Madison, Wis.)
Lead-Time and Cost Reduction for the Distribution Strip Product Line
Electronic Theatre Controls (Middleton, Wis.)
Impementation of POLCA, the Material-Control Stategy for QRM
Twin Disc (Racine, Wis.)
Reducing Manufacturing Lead Times for 9-Segment Rotor Assembly
B.F. Goodwich Wheel and Brake Systems Division (Troy, Ohio)
Reduction of Order Quoting Lead Times at Eclipse Manufacturing Co.
Eclipse Manufacturing Co.
Lead Time and Inventory Reduction for the Tec 7 Vaporizer Line at Datex-Ohmeda
Datex-Ohmeda (Madison, Wis.)
Capacity Improvement and Lead Time Reduction in Assembly Unit of Residential Products at Renew Aire
Renew Aire
2002
Streamlining Office Operations Using QRM Principles at Waukesha BearingsWaukesha Bearings
Lead Time Reduction in a Product Delivery Process
Deere and Company
Reduction in WIP & Finished Goods Inventory Through-Lead Time Reduction
Regal Ware (Kewaskum, Wis.)
Reducing Office Lead Times Using QRM Principles
Danfoss Drives (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Lead-Time & Inventory Reduction for the SR48 & DR12 Product Lines
Electronic Theatre Controls (Middleton, Wis.)
Extension of POLCA into Material Control Areas
Rockwell Automation (Richland Center, Wis.)
Lead-Time Reduction in Order Processing & Manufacturing of MC6 Products
Twin Disc (Racine, Wis.)
Reducing New Product Introduction from 72 Months to 21 Months
John Deere Horicon Works (Horicon, Wis.)
QRM Techniques Applied to Facilities Layout Design & Cellular Manufacturing
Graber Products (Madison, Wis.)
Lead-time Reduction for the Aestiva Line at Datex-Ohmeda
Datex-Ohmeda (Madison, Wis.)