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performance while allowing each business to maintain autonomy.“ It’ s great to have access to a community of people who are so talented, with best practices that they are itching to share,” Lindsay says.“ We lifted some of those best practices and applied them to manufacturing and saw tremendous benefit.”
Knowledge exchange moves in both directions.“ We share back as well, places where we’ re strong as a business,” Lindsay says. The exchange supports alignment across operating companies without centralizing product or customer decisions.
Within its own operations, Anderson- Negele has expanded lean manufacturing practices beyond isolated improvement events. It embedded daily management routines to reinforce accountability and process visibility.
“ We’ ve been on a journey over the past year to elevate our lean practices,” Lindsay explains. The shift includes visual management systems and tiered daily standups that connect production teams with leadership, while sustained follow-up ensures actions“ remain owned and tracked.” Supply chain changes, including Kanban resizing, support production scalability so materials flow in line with demand.
Kaizen activity builds on the foundation:“ The Kaizens become these bursts of opportunity,” Lindsay highlights, describing
For us, precision is not just a buzzword. It’ s the foundation of what we do. We believe that precision matters because we serve industries where getting it right every time matters
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