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Comment by Judy Lynch on February 1, 2012 at 12:13pm

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announces Lean Stock™ Inventory System.  Follow along as we install the Lean Stock™ Inventory System in a collision center, hear the managers expectations, see the reactions of the technicians and view the transformations throughout the shop. Along the way learn advantages of the Lean Stock™ Inventory System and the on-site installation steps necessary for a successful installation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXxW5Zpa4A 

For more information visit the web site at http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/en/Markets/Collision-Repair/LeanS...

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXxW5Zpa4A

Comment by Jeffrey Koykar on November 9, 2011 at 6:06pm

Attention fellow lean followers. learn how A.P.S www.autobodyproductionservices.com is helping repairers become more efficient and effective. Follow Autobody Production Services on facebook because the repair industry is "everchanging and always challenged.

Comment by Megan Erickson on July 27, 2011 at 12:33pm

Still time to register for...

ABRN is offering a free webcast, “The Lean Shop and Continuous Improvement,” at noon EDT on July 28. It is designed to introduce collision repairers to lean concepts and give them some takeaway ideas to use in their shops.

The discussion will focus on developing a continuous improvement business model as an option for improving your collision repair business. Viewers will hear about concepts such as Kaizen and how programs like blueprinting are just pieces in the lean puzzle. This is a way to see what’s keeping your business from true sustainable growth.

Information will be presented by John Sweigert of The Body Shop @. The webcast is produced by Automotive Body Repair News and sponsored by DuPont, Mitchell International and Car-O-Liner.

 

Comment by Andrew C. Ikner on May 9, 2011 at 7:52am

Interesting string.  As a proponent of lean/ss, and being familiar with Goldratt and Theory of Constraints, I'm pleased to see these ppriniciples working their way into collision industry processes.  ALSO, I hope anyone interested in PMClogic for improving P&M management and margins (thanks for working that in, Jim!) will contact me.

Comment by John Harris on May 8, 2011 at 4:37am

I would think you could wipe the slate clean (5s, change pay, standard work, create flow, etc.) in a week. 

Changing the culture (people working together) in that amount of time would be difficult.

Comment by Mark W Livingston on May 7, 2011 at 8:39am

Hi John:

I have been involved in 2 lean transformations (1 greenfield and 1 brownfield). Of course, the greenfield was easier in many respects (as Bill Sloan comments below) as the culture is developed as you move along. In the brownfield situation, the existing culture has many threads within its fabric of development. In my circumstance with the brownfield, we focused on low hanging fruit (detailing, paint mixing room, vehicle staging etc. to get traction. These areas required 2 weeks of effort by everyone to convert. More complex, such as prep/refinish (to move to single masking, one time prep) required 3 months (and some new staff) to become functional in the future state we envisioned. As you know, when you change one aspect of the process, it impacts severely on others, so the CSVSM is critical in developing the FSVSM. All the best!

Comment by John Harris on May 7, 2011 at 6:17am

John, 

In your business model, how long do you give yourself for training, cleaning etc. before you start pulling work in a new location? There is obviously a lot logistics involved.

Comment by Jim Compton on April 21, 2011 at 10:05pm

Lean Material Management, seems to be the next addon to the Lean and Six Sigma efforts.  Makes good sense to carry the Lean process and efforts to all areas. Shops can ill afford to neglect Lean Material Management, to compliment and better complete the whole transition to Lean. Clean material reporting tied into shop sales data can be a real boost to P&M Margins.

Comment by babatunde ajomale on April 6, 2011 at 8:10am

Thanks a lot pete

Comment by Pete Facinek on April 3, 2011 at 4:43pm

You are right that six sigma works side by side with "lean" but so does the "Theory of Constraints". There are others but these are the three main methodologies that we practice.

 

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