by
Linda Kleineberg
| Apr 01, 2014
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Featured Application: Sell VIBCO Dump Truck Vibrators This Month
Industry Focus: Grain and Feed Mills
Industry Focus: Foundries
"Talk the Talk" Lean Word: 5S
VIBCO GR-1600 Pothole Patcher™ Vibratory Rollers improve the longevity and reduce the costs of pothole repair. You can sell one to every DPW, asphalt contractor, parks department, or landscaper in your territory. ROI in weeks...
100 POTHOLES
$62 per hole via "Throw and Go" = $6200*
$20 per hole via VIBCO Semi-permanent patch method = $2000*
Savings = $4200
No Brainer.
Learn about VIBCO's efforts to make Rhode Island the #1 Pothole Free State
*From Evaluation of Pothole Patching Materials http://www.qprcoldpatch.com/pdf/Rutgers-Study.pdf
"Talk the Talk" Lean Manufacturing Word of the Week: 5S
Learn more about 5S at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S
5S is the name of a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. Transliterated or translated into English, they all start with the letter "S". The list describes how to organize a work space for efficiency and effectiveness by identifying and storing the items used, maintaining the area and items, and sustaining the new order. The decision-making process usually comes from a dialogue about standardization, which builds understanding among employees of how they should do the work. Learn more about 5S at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology)
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