lean transformation

square sub-cell

Toolmakers

Fit it together

material deliverd to receiving room

Parallel design and fabrication

two designers work on by 3D CAD at same time

Bellemare

unfinished part maket

Design the tool

A lot of adjustments and rework

Tool designer

bulletin board

transfer the information incorrly

milling/drilling sub-cell

the finished side of a rack

1.certain elements are desinging other parts are being built and fit into the frame2.save lots of time

1.fill out an online product form catians information

BOM

cross-function team meeting

adjacent milling /drilling sub-cell

receiving room

1.quality is buliding into the process2.writ one shop order for the entire project

Vendors

1.prioritizing work bombined with the streamlined tool design process2.bulletin board tracks performance

shape steel blocks to the precise dimensions in the square sub-cell

drafsman to finish details

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING

modularize the design and modularize the process steps

A product engineer

Fabricate the components

bar-code

put the part on the finished parts market

Group leaders

finished part maket