Nippon Steel is one of the titans of the steel industry. The Japanese company has manufacturing bases in five continents from Abu Dhabi to Houston, Texas, providing materials for everything from railway and construction parts to electrical appliances and beverage...
In the world of manufacturing, few names are more respected than Toyota. The Japanese automotive manufacturer is the largest in the world in part because they are consistent in their philosophy of lean manufacturing, which seeks to do more work by the most...
It was Valentine’s Day, but one downtown Indy hotel wasn’t feeling the love. At about 3 p.m. entering one of their busiest holiday weekends of the year — fully booked with more than 1,000 reservations — Breiner got the call. The building’s hot water heater was out,...
It happens to every company at some point – you run out of parts. It’s either by an unexpected rush on orders or a supplier misses a due date. Inevitably, though, it will happen. And your company may look to you to fix the problem. Many suppliers have rigid, long...
When it comes to lead times, what’s more important to you? A quick vendor with inconsistent lead times or a vendor that delivers when they say they will deliver? Should you have to choose one over the other? At Breiner Innovative, we don’t think you should have to...
Just in Time Manufacturing, or JIT, is a manufacturing methodology that calls for the production of what a customer wants, when they want it, in the quantities requested, delivered to where they want. There are no parts made to a forecast (a guess!), no huge batches...
