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Quality, Price, or Service: Which Matters Most for Lean Manufacturing Services?
Most companies try to be everything to everyone— claiming to provide better quality, service, and prices than their competitors. However, after decades in lean manufacturing consulting services, the Geolean team understands the importance of focusing on specific...
Navigating the Cellular Manufacturing Journey: Creating a Model Cell or a Cell to Model?
As organizations set out on a cellular manufacturing journey, a critical question emerges: Are you seeking to create a manufacturing model cell, or are you striving to cultivate a cell that will serve as a blueprint for future operational excellence? This distinction...
Effective Workstation Design: 5 Key Features to Consider
Designing a workstation is not about creating a physical structure; it's about crafting an optimized space tailored to specific tasks, workflows, and user needs. Whether you're setting up a desk for logistics processing or creating an inspection or packing station,...
Discover the Power of the Geolean System: 6 Benefits from Real Customers
At Geolean, we take pride in providing comprehensive material handling solutions that optimize operations for our clients. Let's delve into real-life use cases where our system brought tangible benefits to our customers. 6 Ways Geolean Optimizes Operational...
Balancing Production Flow & Ergonomics: How to Craft the Perfect Recipe
In the world of modern manufacturing, achieving a balance between material flow and ergonomic considerations can be tough. The relentless pursuit of cramming more material into confined spaces often leads to an undesirable compromise between efficiency and worker...
Purposeful Packaging & Material Flow Systems in Lean Manufacturing
Packaging serves a multi-faceted role within the manufacturing and logistics industries. Beyond its primary function of protecting parts, the choice of packaging material, design, and process has far-reaching implications for cost, sustainability, and overall...
Short-Term Disruption From UAW Strikes = Long-Term Opportunity To Improve Your Manufacturing Material Flow
Could the current UAW disruption be your opportunity to improve material flow? Discover 3 areas you can quickly improve! The UAW's decision to initiate a strike, or any large-scale industry-wide transformation, can send shockwaves throughout the manufacturing...
Discover What Makes Geolean USA Different
Geolean USA is a globally-recognized leader in installing lean methodologies and is deeply committed to enhancing people, processes, and products to enable manufacturers to succeed. With our transformational approach, Geolean has facilitated over 200 successful lean...
How Kit Carts Could Benefit Your Operation
Geolean is proud to provide a range of kitting carts catering to all delivery requirements. Whether you want to save space, transport items, or improve the efficiency of your operations, Geolean has you covered. We’ll dive into the benefits of kit carts and their...
Getting Started With Tube and Joint Systems
Getting Started With Tube and Joint Systems Continuous changes in consumer demand require manufacturers to stay on their toes and be adaptable. If you’re working in antiquated workspaces or using outdated equipment, you may be inhibiting your company’s ability to...
How to Implement Flexible Material Handling Solutions
Manufacturers and warehouses everywhere are looking for methods to implement greater efficiencies without adding cost. Automation is at the forefront of all of our minds here, but implementing tech-heavy automation is easier said than done, and calculating ROI can be...
Automation in Manufacturing: How Facilities Can Get Started
The automation race has taken a firm hold on the manufacturing industry. Production facilities and warehouses everywhere are looking for ways to implement robots, automated storage and conveyor processes, often regardless of ROI, to minimize the inefficiencies...
What is Karakuri?
Manufacturers across the nation are looking for faster, more efficient ways to streamline processes and production. While automation seems to be top of mind for most, it’s also an expensive investment that some may not be ready to take on. Luckily, there are other...
Pick, Pack & Ship Series, Part 3: Effective eCommerce Packaging Solutions
This article is the final installment in a three-part series dedicated to educating you about low-cost, high-impact lean solutions available for eCommerce and fulfillment. Each article focuses on a different portion of your warehouse's process, from picking best...
Pick, Pack & Ship Series, Part 2: Low-Cost Kitting & Assembly Solutions
This article is the second installment in a three-part series dedicated to educating you about low-cost, high-impact lean solutions available for eCommerce and fulfillment. Each article will focus on a different portion of your warehouse’s process, from picking and...
Pick, Pack & Ship Series, Part 1: eCommerce Warehouse Picking Best Practices
This article is the first of a three-part series dedicated to educating you about low-cost, high-impact lean solutions available for eCommerce and fulfillment. Each article will focus on a different portion of your warehouse's process, from picking and restocking to...
How Manufacturers Can Prepare for the Return to Work
As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out, and as government mandates and workplace safety requirements continue to shift, manufacturers across the country are wondering how best to return to work. From operating with skeleton crews to running at partial capacity for months,...
5 Common Warehouse Management Challenges and their Solutions
Warehouse management challenges aren't new, but with increasing consumer demand for e-commerce orders and accelerated shipment scheduling, they certainly feel more pressing these days. If you're experiencing warehouse management challenges that you know are holding...
Geolean USA State of Manufacturing Survey
This past July (2020), Geolean USA conducted a brief State of Manufacturing survey to better understand the unique production challenges manufacturers are facing as a result of the Covid-19 virus. Surveys went out to nearly 4,000 contacts across 800 diverse North...
Material Handling Equipment 101: What Cart System is Best For My Facility?
Successful material delivery often requires a combination of solutions that work together as an efficient, cohesive material flow system. If you're planning to invest in a material handling cart system, there are factors to consider that will ensure the end solution...
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