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Submitted on February 21, 2012 - 10:16pm
Our collaborator, Professor Mark Doman, from Oakland University, held class on lean methodologies at Fitzpatrick Manufacturing on Feb. 14. To read about the experience, please...
Submitted on February 21, 2012 - 9:35pm
On February 14, 2012, Professor Mark Doman and his Oakland University Lean Assessment Team visited Fitzpatrick Mfg. This visit was a little different from any in the past because...
Submitted on January 24, 2012 - 10:06pm
Fitzpatrick Mfg. Co. once again will be working with Oakland University's Department of Human Resource Development during the winter semester of 2012. This will be the fourth...
Submitted on January 24, 2012 - 10:04pm
On Saturday, January 21, Fitzpatrick Manufacturing completed the second class of a two part series on GD&T taught by an outside instructor from M-TEC at Macomb Community...
Submitted on January 19, 2012 - 10:31pm
Fitzpatrick Manufacturing is a proud supporter of products made in Michigan. In fact, we have recently purchased computers from Rave Computers, a company that is not only a...
Submitted on January 17, 2012 - 10:20pm
Saturday, January 15, Fitzpatrick Manufacturing completed the first class of a two part series on GD&T taught by an outside instructor from M-TEC from Macomb Community College...
Submitted on January 11, 2012 - 9:21pm
Fitzpatrick Manufacturing is working on experimenting with visual display boards for scheduling in high-traffic, high-paced areas in our shop. The first display board was...
Submitted on November 25, 2011 - 8:49pm
Guest blogger “OU Professor (‘Doman on Lean’ Blog)”
As I have said in past blogs, the Lean System (from the design of the visual workplace and to the use of lean tools etc.) is...
Submitted on November 17, 2011 - 3:33pm
Guest blogger "OU Professor ('Doman On Lean' Blog)"
When you combine JIT -> Pull System -> Kanbans and Jidoka, now you have the superhighway of the Toyota Production...
Submitted on November 14, 2011 - 3:20pm
Guest blogger "OU Professor ('Doman On Lean' Blog)"
Who Makes Just-in-Time Production Work?
Just-in-Time [JIT] Production depends on trained, involved employees who know that...
