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Growth & Strategy

Personalized Lean Instruction Helps Improve Processes For Transformational Move 

Lean training by Polaris MEP helped RI Manufacturer New Harvest improve their process & make a transformational move…

Blog

How to Adapt Lean Manufacturing For a Lean Office, Part 2

Part two in a series of posts on translating Lean Manufacturing Principles for sales/marketing, finance & admin functions,…

Blog

How to Translate Lean Manufacturing Principles Into Your Office Functions, Part 1

Just as the production floor benefits from Lean Manufacturing Principles, you can do the same for your administrative…

Blog

Coming Down on DOWNTIME – Getting to the Bottom of Waste

In a blog post & video, Polaris MEP project manager Nathan Bonds discusses how to fight DOWNTIME Waste…

Lean Manufacturing

The Benefits of Going Lean and Green

VIDEO: going "lean and green" makes waste visible, starts you on a path to reducing energy costs, satisfying…

Growth & Strategy

Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Increases Poultry Processing by 50%

RI Manufacturer Pat's Pasteurized participated in a Kaizen training that increased their processing power by 50%

Blog

5 Quick Tips to Controlling Inventory in 2022

Rhode Island manufacturing Project Manager Annie Unger offers 5 Quick Tips to Controlling Inventory in 2022 in this…

Growth & Strategy

TAG! Sign Manufacturer Finds Kaizen is “It” for Transformation And Growth

RI Manufacturer National Marker Company creates sales and reduces costs with the help of Kaizen training from Polaris…

Growth & Strategy

Downeast Coffee Roasters Brews >$1.5 Million in Savings Through Lean Process Improvements

Polaris MEP helps RI's Downeast Coffee Roasters brew efficiency - & more than $1.5Million in savings - through…

Growth & Strategy

Value Stream Mapping Helps Lost Art Cultured Foods “Find” Time and Increase Product Quality

Case Study: Learn how a Rhode Island food manufacturer reduced expenses and improved quality through Value Stream Mapping.

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Lean Manufacturing Tip Video – Restoring Balance in Manufacturing Processes

In Polaris MEP’s new lean tip video & blog post, learn about how manufacturing balance charts distribute work…

Lean Manufacturing

Packaging Kaizen & Kata Lead to 70% Increase in Output

Through lean manufacturing "kaizen" and "kata," Polaris MEP helped Rhode Island food manufacturer Chi Kitchen increase output by…