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Weed Instrument Company
- PO Box 300
- Round Rock, TX 78680-0300
- 800-880-9333
- 512-434-2800
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“Kaizen”: A Japanese term that is most literally translated as “continuity and change for the better”. It is based on the fundamental philosophy that what we do today should be better than yesterday, and what we do tomorrow should be better than today - never accepting status quo. No matter how well we perform, we know we can do better and look to do so tomorrow.
Our Kaizen program focuses on the implementation of cutting-edge manufacturing principles, including 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work and Kanban
A summary of Kaizen events at Weed Instrument:
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June 2008: Development and implementation of a Lean manufacturing cell for severe environment RTDs
Team Members:
- Jean-Marie Delbar
- Scott Jewett
- Shellee Lujan
- Bear Rangel
- Matt Reyner
- Susie Strmiska
- Ricky Wentrcek
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May 2008: Implementation of 5S in the Machining Section
Team Members:
- Cesar Castillo
- Bobby Hernandez
- Charlie Brown
- Pete Land
- Tommy Tate
- David Ludden
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May 2008: Implementation of Standard Work for sensor characterization in Cell 070
Team Members:
- Chris Buhisan
- Wade David
- Alan Gilchrist
- Glenn Kokemor
- Penny Sebring
- Tom Sinclair
- Jim Utterback
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April 2008: Implementation of Standard Work in multiple spot temperature sensor manufacturing cell
Team Members:
- John Labaj
- Mark McCray
- David Matthews
- Nilesh Patel
- Gene Pinkerton
- Susie Strmiska
- Charlie Worden
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April 2008: Process improvement for trimming of RTD elements
Team Members:
- Sandra Amidon
- Rick Andersen
- Alan Gilchrist
- Scott Jewett
- Shellee Lujan
- Dan McLaughlin
- Julie Orem
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March 2008: Process improvement for handling of restricted materials
Team Members:
- Charlie Brown
- Ernest Cisneros
- Corey Hernandez
- Gary Krause
- Pete Land
- Carolyn Sims
- Alan Weaver
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March 2008: Implementation of 5S and Standard Work in Cell 76
Team Members:
- Chris Cook
- Xavier Menchaca
- Priscilla Orona
- Jacob Sanchez
- Penny Sebring
- Jim Utterback
- Ricky Wentrcek
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February 2008: Implementation of 5S and Standard Work in flexible RTD work cell
Team Members:
- Bill Canet
- Sheila Finn
- Lynn Harper
- Gary Krause
- Rayyaneh Oskoui
- Todd Reynolds
- Larry Witt
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February 2008: Transactional Process Improvement (TPI) of Non-Conformance Report (NCR) process
Team Members:
- Stella Byrd
- Pat Calvin
- Chet Davis
- Lynn Harper
- Mark McCray
- Neida Rodriguez
- David Stephens
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January 2008: Implementation of Standard Work in a high volume RTD manufacturing cell
Team Members:
- Chris Buhisan
- Steve Elliott
- Scott Jewett
- Shellee Lujan
- Matt Reyner
- Zoila Santana
- Ricky Wentrcek
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January 2008: Implementation of Standard Work in Cell 064
Team Members:
- Charlie Brown
- Wade David
- Xavier Menchaca
- Helen Postma
- Matt Reyner
- John Stevens
- Paula Young
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