— Curt Davis , Director of Marketing and Product Management

“ Once we validated that a process was converted and changed using the lean methods , then we would expand it to other areas in that department . When we wanted to change something , we always went back to the model area to change it . “ We also introduced spaghetti diagrams to reduce the flow or waste of time of material moving from point A to point B . We had over a 40 % reduction in one department , in one area , just by doing that .”

Technology and new business models have undoubtedly transformed the business , but when it comes to the success of Kuhn Krause , the pair both also point to the skills and expertise of its team . “ The sheer fact that Kuhn Krause has prospered for such a long period of time is a testament to the product and the people at the facility ,” observes Smith . “ I think from a manufacturing standpoint , one of the challenges we ’ ve had is adapting to the different generations of workers because today we have some workers that are celebrating their 45th year with the firm . In some cases , we have taken our seasoned workers and placed them alongside some of the younger workers to let them learn the new technology . They ’ ve been very

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