Baldor Electric Company, a leading manufacturer of energy efficient electric motors, recently got the IWs Best Plants Award 2008 for its plant in Ashville.
The recognized achievements include predictive maintenance programme that increased machine uptime to 97.8% while reducing maintenance repair cost by 35% over six years; recipient of the Baldor President’s Award for outstanding safety achievement in 2007 and 2008; fifth consecutive annual award in 2007 for Outstanding Work In Accident Prevention from the North Carolina Department of Labour. Continue reading…
The company is able to achieve these because of its Lean and Six Sigma programs. Lean systems within its factory and Six Sigma methodology to its suppliers. As such, Baldor is able to:
- sustain a culture of ongoing improvement through employee involvement
- maintain improvements in the production processes by gleaning employee-generated ideas
- incorporate loading and unloading automation in the manufacturing cells to prevent operator fatigue and excessive worker travel.
- target its key suppliers to help them implement Six Sigma leaning strategies
