33% savings on assembly line space
December 1st 2006 Central heating boiler manufacturer, Baxi, reports that it has reduced the floor space occupied by two of its assembly lines by 33% by switching to modular Lean Tek workstations and lineside storage supplied by the Tube & Bracket Company. As part of Baxi's new lean manufacturing programme, it reconfigured two of its conventional boiler assembly lines for lean manufacturing. Existing fabricated workbenches have been replaced with new workstations crafted using Lean Tek. The assembly lines are identical with each comprising twelve unique workstations designed and configured for a specific task. The workstations are on wheels so that they can be repositioned easily if a change in assembly line configuration is required. Using Lean Tek ensures that facilities can be built to precise dimensions to occupy the optimum floor space, no more, no less. This has resulted in a 33% reduction in overall floor space required for the two new assembly lines and fabrication areas. As part of this process the company intends to introduce uniform modular workstations, trolleys and storage More articles from The Tube & Bracket Co Ltd: | 
