Northwest Wisconsin Manufacturing Outreach Center

Client Success

In 2011-12, the NWMOC:2011-12 graph

  • Served 192 Manufacturers
  • Provided 106 technical assistance projects
  • Sponsored 12 public events attended by 231 people
  • Achieved client-reported impacts of more than $13.9 million
  • Created or retained 123 jobs
  • Achieved a customer satisfaction rating of 8.59 on a 10-point scale with 10 being very good

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Projects:

  • Value Stream Mapping 
  • 5S Visual Workplace Organization
  • Capacity Analysis
  • Plant Layout

Results:

  • Reduced overall customer lead time by 40%
  • Lowered manufacturing costs by 50% for one product line
  • Reduced stress with better organization and workflow

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Projects:

  • Principles of Lean Manufacturing
  • 5S
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • E!WW
  • A3 Problem Solving
  • Total Productive Maintenance
  • Simulation

Results:

  • Increased production in Block® Target division by 20%
  • Improved Hurricane Target layout by 30%
  • Require increased quality from supply chain vendors
  • Experienced cost savings of $65,000
  • Increased investments by $28,500
  • Use specialized recycled materials to fill bag targets

FM Enterprises

The programs that NWMOC has in their tool box have lowered FM's cost by 50% in just the first few months of implementation. I would recommend NWMOC to everyone and anyone who wants to grow their business and their bottom line.

~ Renea Frederick, President

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There's a reason why Fortune 500 companies are embracing Lean--you can't hang on to the fat and survive. It's a global economy out there whether people want to admit it or not.

~ Bob Matarelli, Lean Coordinator/Mfg Engineer