http://Lean.industrysearch.com lean manufacturing consulting services, lean engineering, consultation, lean manufacturing consulting, lean manufacturing systems, lean manufacturing workstations, lean, manufacturing engineering DAYTON, Ohio--In a move that will provide manufacturers with an ideal customer service experience, Standard Register (NYSE:SR)has announced the expansion of its Manufacturing Parts Solutions (MPS) Client Services center in Dayton, Ohio. Standard Register is a provider of document and print management services. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14132%2etxt Crown Partners, a leading provider of business content automation, has acquired the multiple companies of Phoenix Systems Integration, a global service organization, Platform Dynamics U.S. and Europe, an international software provider that specializes in the development of off-the-shelf enterprise products that enable and enhance EMC products. The combined organization represents the most comprehensive assembly of ECM services, products and solutions in the industry. With these acquisitions, Crown Partners has bridged the gap between content management and information infrastructure offerings by providing an end-to-end solution for enterprise clients. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=12964%2etxt The challenge of responding to the threat of cheap offshore labor is not new to North American businesses. Nearly a hundred years ago, Henry Towne wrote about the need for increased efficiency and productivity: “We are justly proud of the high wage rates which prevail throughout our country, and jealous of any interference with them by the products of the cheaper labor of other countries. To maintain this condition, to strengthen our control of home markets, and, above all, to broaden our opportunities in foreign markets where we must compete with the products of other industrial nations, we should welcome and encourage every influence tending to increase the efficiency of our productive processes. “ http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=12951%2etxt The facility also positions Climax as a competitive resource for customers seeking valve repair machines, boring machines, flange facers, lathes and mills and other specialized maintenance and repair solutions in the power generation, shipbuilding, heavy construction, mining, and civil engineering industries. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=12253%2etxt Standard Register is a premier document services provider, trusted by companies to manage the critical documents they need to thrive in today’s competitive climate. Relying on nearly 100 years of industry expertise, Lean Six Sigma methodologies and leading technologies, the company helps organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, grow revenue and meet the challenges of a changing business landscape. It offers document and label solutions, e-business solutions, consulting and print supply chain services to help clients manage documents across their enterprise. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=12137%2etxt Manufacturing white paper provides insight on the print supply chain and how organizations can streamline document management processes http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=11933%2etxt Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced that on June 1, 2007 it acquired, through its fully owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK) Ltd (GPUK), the business of Smallpeice Enterprises Ltd, a provider of business improvement technical and management training services. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=11417%2etxt JCIT International is a technology transfer company committed to the development and delivery of the highest quality educational and engagement programs within the manufacturing industry. Founded in 1984, JCIT has trained more than 100,000 students and 3,500 companies worldwide in the tools and technology of Demand Flow® Technology (DFT), a patented, mathematically-based, business strategy that enables companies to respond faster and more efficiently to customer demand. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=10890%2etxt The Lean Learning Center, a leading provider of lean curriculum and consulting, has announced that it has been contracted by Northrop Grumman Marine Systems of Sunnyvale, Calif. to enhance its continuous improvement efforts in its propulsion systems and power generation systems areas by implementing a lean transformation program. Services being provided by the Center involve a combination of consulting, planning, training, education, lean learning laboratories and kaizen events. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=10532%2etxt Netsoft USA is a full-service business solutions provider, custom applications developer, and enterprise integration company offering a complete suite of business solutions for mid-market and Fortune 1000 enterprises. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Managed Partner, Netsoft USA provides services for Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Platform solutions. The company has extensive experience in developing customized, industry-specific solutions for companies in the financial, healthcare, distribution and life sciences industries. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=10382%2etxt Pick four or five people at random from the vast group of students, faculty, manufacturing industry professionals, state and Federal agency personnel who have worked with the UK Center for Manufacturing over the last 20 years and ask them to describe the center. You’ll probably get four or five different answers. One person would stress lean manufacturing education, another would praise technical help with a manufacturing process, and a third would point to a great student project experience at Toyota or Lexmark. A sign the Center is a unique and multi-faceted organization? Yes. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=10287%2etxt One-piece flow is one of the key concepts within lean manufacturing; in most cases, a piece of a value stream can be transformed into a one-piece flow operation. While one-piece flow is not always achievable for an entire door-to-door value stream, manufacturers must continually improve their processes in an attempt to get closer and closer to true one-piece flow. This will reduce inventory levels, reduce manufacturing lead time, and improve customer service levels. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=10285%2etxt Federal is one of North America’s largest manufacturers of specialized broach machines and broach tools. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=9076%2etxt Primarily written for individual use at all management levels -- plant managers, engineers, Master Black Belts, Black Belts, Lean Champions -- this book will greatly benefit anyone in an organization looking at using Lean and/or Six Sigma in industries as varied as discrete and process manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, telecommunications, food processing and government. http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=7326%2etxt Partnership Expedites Rapid Adjustment of Packaging Machines to Meet Fast Changing Consumer Packaging Requirements http://Lean.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=7184%2etxt