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111. Custom Injection Molding and the Lean Manufacturing Process
Custom injection molding have always been a fast moving and challenging business. It also has a high potential for profit, even today, despite the international competition and tight margins. You want to success, you see the possibilities, but the global pricing and high expenses make it very difficult.
Plastic injection molders are in the almost ideal business to benefit from the lean process of production tooling. If you embrace the entire concept and do not cherry pick the parts that are quick and easy, you will most certainly experience improvements in your operation.
The lean process of production tooling is an integrated approach to reducing waste. It could be time or material or anything else; waste is waste and waste equals money in business. It requires a shift in thinking to approach efficiency from this vantage point, rather than always striving to do more, do it faster, do it better.
How to get going
It is a good idea to talk to successful shop owners who have benefited from the lean manufacturing process. You will find them enthusiastic and quite willing to open up, for the most part. You should also read and gather information so you can make wise decisions rather than totally rely on the opinion of a consultant. In the end, you will certainly need outside help, but you also need a thorough understanding of the process yourself.