GBMP Plant Tour Series: Z Corp

Since 2003 Z Corporation of Wilmington Massachusetts has employed Lean Manufacturing to drive their improvement efforts. By implementing single-piece flow, customer-driven production, standardized work, kanban systems, a quality-at-the-source approach and other Lean tools, Z Corp has increased factory output by 300%, employee productivity by 45% and inventory turns by more than 50%, all while still maintaining an on-time delivery rate in excess of 95%. And now you and your team can take a 30-minute tour of this award-winning facility from the comfort of your own training room. Seeing their remarkable results and happy employees will invigorate your team like nothing else. The tour includes particularly excellent examples of Visual Controls, clearly explained and demonstrated.