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Analtech featured in manufacturing article
July 05, 2009 at 02:15 PM
Excerpts from the News Journal article "Survival of the fittest going to the smallest" by Aaron Nathans:
Ken Grant, sales and marketing director, said Analtech has benefited from being the only domestic manufacturer of the technology. Diversifying its product line and its super-speedy turnaround time for small-batch orders have also helped a great deal, said Steve Miles, Analtech's general manager.
Analtech officials say they have saved worker time and money by redesigning their factory floor. The shrink-wrap machine had been across the room from the bubble wrapper, and workers had been making and piling boxes in their spare time.
Putting these elements in the same vicinity made it easier to package the products, and waiting to make boxes until they were needed saved space, they said. A four-person packaging operation could suddenly be accomplished with half that staff, redeploying the others to different tasks.
And it changed to a four-day workweek with longer hours each day.
"Things get done faster," said Terry McVey, production manager. "Mondays are a lot busier."
The company made the moves with help from the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership, using a program used nationally called "Lean," which emphasizes efficient work practices.
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