With the pro football season getting closer to the Big Game, the frenzy is mounting to see the culmination of an exciting and unexpected season. Here at Clearfield Metal Technologies, we are excited for our Big Game and how we’re trying to change and improve our game every day!
Our goal is to be the cleanest, smoothest-operating, and quickest-to-respond powdered metal company out there. Improvements can’t happen without a game plan and a course of action to execute the plan! That’s where Continuous Improvement and 5S come in. Once a month, the Supervisors from Molding, Sintering, Machining, Quality, Tumbling, and Shipping all huddle up as a team and discuss the offensive line.
5S results in a workplace that is clean, uncluttered, safe, and well organized to help reduce waste and optimize productivity. We have been making big strides in each department with regards to how we most efficiently organize the work space, as well as improve efficiency of part production. The results have been a game changer for how we organize and train on using the workspace the most efficiently.
A continual improvement process is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. Every month our departments get together to discuss the realities of making powdered metal parts and how the process can be improved, or made more efficient.
Here at CMT we are constantly self-reflecting on what makes a team great. We don’t shy away from the kind of plays that are tough, but ultimately win the game. Being a team player is what we are about, and we do it by striving for excellence, and being a close ally to our customers and what their needs are in the parts we make. When everyone plays for the same team, we all make it to the endzone together!
