Welcome to Short Run Short Takes, keeping you up to date on Donnelly Custom Manufacturing’s latest achievements for and with our customers. In this issue, we’ll share some tips with you that will result in lower costs and greater efficiencies.
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| Jim McCarthy (left) and Tim Stewart of Donnelly Custom Mfg. Co. inform readers about how upfront design involvement is key to achieving a competitive edge. |
Going lean? Start up front.
The road to lower costs and better efficiency begins at the design level.
By: Tim Stewart and Jim McCarthy, edited by Michelle Maniscalco
Injection Molding Magazine
Every OEM seeks to cut costs associated with injection molding. What may be overlooked, however, is the opportunity to improve efficiency and margins by involving the molder early in the product development process, a practice known as “upfront engineering.”
Selecting a Satisfactory Partner
Shopping for an outsourcer is about research and getting the right fit.
By: Ron Kirscht
MD&DI Magazine
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| Face-to-face meetings with a prospective outsourcer are essential to ensuring a good relational fit. |
Medical OEMs are increasingly encouraged to focus on what they do best. Such strengths could be operational excellence (winning on cost), product leadership (winning with products), or customer intimacy (winning through responsiveness). Everything else is a candidate for outsourcing so that companies can develop core competencies and provide the best products and services.
Design and manufacturing professionals in the growing medical sector need discipline and focus to adhere to good processes that faithfully meet market and regulatory demands.
Supply Chain Partners:
Training Within Industry Promotes Common Goals
Manufacturing Business Technology
Lean supply chains don’t just happen. They emerge from strong working relationships between supply chain partners who are thoroughly committed to continuous improvement. That’s the type of relationship that Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Company has with one of its largest customers—Marvin Windows and Doors.
A cornerstone of this relationship is a Lean technique known as Training within Industry (TWI)… This technique helped Donnelly, an Alexandria, Minn.-based maker of custom injection molded parts, greatly improve production efficiency.
NEW CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT
Donnelly Tapped by Ecowater to be its Short Run Partner
Medical OEMs are increasingly encouraged to focus on what they do best. Such strengths could be operational excellence (winning on cost), product leadership (winning with products), or customer intimacy (winning through responsiveness). Everything else is a candidate for outsourcing so that companies can develop core competencies and provide the best products and services.
Design and manufacturing professionals in the growing medical sector need discipline and focus to adhere to good processes that faithfully meet market and regulatory demands.
PRESS RELEASE
Donnelly Employees Recognized by Central MN APICS Chapter
Congratulations to Dennis Paul and Darla Brink who were recently recognized by the Central Minnesota APICS Chapter. Both have been active APICS members for over 10 years and have CPIM (Certified in Production & Inventory Management) status with the organization.
VIDEO
Donnelly Named Finalist in Plastics News’ Processor of the Year Contest
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National Manufacturing Week 2008
Rosemont, IL
September 22-25, 2008
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Product Lifecycle Management
Road Map 2008
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September 23-24, 2008
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Plastec Midwest 2008
Rosemont, IL
September 23-25, 2008
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Future of Biopolymers Conference
Chicago, IL
October 6-8, 2008
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Productivity's Lean Manufacturing Conference
Nashville, TN
October 6-10, 2008
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Medical Design & Manufacturing
Minneapolis, MN
October 21, 2008
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