Metcam Begins Kaizen Initiatives Towards Permanent, Lean Manufacturing Improvements
ALPHARETTA, GA — Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies for OEMs, announced it has completed the first of three Kaizen programs that were born of a lean manufacturing study begun in December 2014.
Metcam hired professional lean manufacturing consultants to study its operations. The team identified 12 possible kaizen projects that had potential for a solid ROI. Kaizen, which means “improvement” or “change for the best” in Japanese, is a methodology that focuses on continuous improvement of processes.