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X Bison Gear & Engineering - FULL

Tour Code: WT-03
Day and Time: Bus leaves 8:20 AM, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012
Length Including Travel Time: 4 ¾ hours

Tour Code: WT-09
Day and Time: Bus leaves 12:00 PM, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012
Length Including Travel Time: 5 hours

Process Visibility for Communication and Team Engagement

Making lean tools part of the business conversation

Communication has been a main theme for Bison Gear & Engineering's lean continuous improvement journey. It has allowed them to share plans for improved future operations, draw a roadmap to get there and put support systems in place to sustain new best practices. And lean tools are hard at work: 1) value-stream mapping is used in redesigning core business processes in both plant and office; 2) 5S is practiced in everyday operations; 3) "pull" methods have simplified how Bison orders production; 4) standard work documentation is being upgraded; and 5) visual process management boards are part of daily work-team huddle meetings. Making the process visible is the common communications element. This tour will show you this works at Bison.

X Bison Gear & Engineering - FULL

For over 50 years, Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. has designed and manufactured fractional horsepower electric motors, gear motors and gear reducers used in industrial and commercial OEM applications worldwide.

Jim Parejko

Jim Parejko is vice president of continuous improvement and engineering at Bison Gear & Engineering Corp. Jim has over 15 years experience in the power transmission industry, including as chief of engineering for Emerson Power Transmission (Bearings) and as program manager for the turbo diesel engine development at International Truck and Engine Corp. Jim joined Bison as engineering manager in 2006. He has five U.S. patents, received a master's in mechanical engineering from Northern Illinois University and attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT.

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  • No cameras or other recording devices


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