Lean Manufacturing in Delaware
Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP) is a federally and state funded non-profit organization committed to helping Delaware’s manufacturers improve their global competitiveness. FEI’s October event features
Lean Enterprise Specialist Jim Jones and Director Business Development and Project Manager Kelly McKeown. They began their Lean journey in the automotive industry as Lean Integrators, each with over 25 years’ experience with General Motors before joining DEMEP several years ago.
In 1994, DEMEP was established with a mandate to provide and transfer Lean Best Practices and Quality Systems Training to the manufacturing community. Since then, DEMEP programs and practices have expanded to include planning, energy, tech transfer, innovation engineering and a host of other tools to drive the quality levels, productivity levels and profitability of the many companies it has served in Delaware.
Today, a wide variety of Delaware’s most forward-thinking firms turn to DEMEP for strategic programs designed to enable them to remain globally competitive. As the area’s top resource for manufacturing support and industry-specific expertise, DEMEP experts assess needs and opportunities, identify appropriate local, regional and national resources, and create and manage successful partnerships. The result?
Improved quality, productivity and profitability.
“I’d rather see more money spent on the front end and have production go smoothly without any defective parts. Training from DEMEP helped improve our efficiency and improve our quality. We’ve shipped more than 3.5 million parts to Nissan since September 2006, and we’ve had no rejects.”
— Ken Orr, President, Atlantis Industries, Milton, DE