2014 recipient of the “Lean Factory of the Year” by Lean Factory America.
About the facility
S&C Electric Company, based in Chicago, Illinois, supplies power-systems equipment to utilities, industrial and commercial markets.
Why they won
S&C demonstrated lean manufacturing leadership through deployment of value-stream mapping, flow production, standard work and a culture of continuous improvement in a non-automotive setting.
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