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La Grange Park, Illinois, United States

Chicago, IL

Inventors Logistics was formed to bring ideas to market using Lean/TPS, DFM, and WCM methodologies from day one. With decades of experience of driving cost savings in everything from Fortune 500 high volume plants to job shops we are able to bring our experience to your project.

Batavia, IL

Hired to stabilize, modernize, and implement lean manufacturing in an industrial and print and corrugating roll repair facility. Improved and stabilized workforce and revenue, initiated safety related projects, OSHA compliance projects, and flow. Reduced lead times from over 4 weeks to approx. 2 weeks. Initiated lean cultural change with visual factory.

After a merger, satellite sites needed to be consolidated into one.Used lean manufacturing techniques such as visual factory, 5S’s, work balancing, SMED and work cell design to reduce the combined area by 50%. At the time inventory accuracy and reporting were poor. Cells were designed to indicate abnormalities without the need for reporting. Accountability.

A Fortune 500 client had outdated and inefficient manufacturing processes. Yields were low, productivity was inconsistent, labor rates high, WIP was uncontrolled and shipments often late.Led a lean manufacturing transition within several plants in Ohio and Mexico. We eliminated batch-and-queue system in exchange for unit flow, performed time studies and.

This manufacturer of vacuum jacketed pressure vessels for semi trailer and intermodal transport of cryogenic industrial gasses had poor quality and inconsistent processes leading to high re-work, warrantee, and late delivery costs. Worked directly with floor operators and plant management to improve welding and fabrication process control and quality.