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WMS Press Room
Press Stories
Read what the press has to say about Washington Manufacturing Services:
Puget Sound Business Journal focuses on manufacturing in its April 11th Edition:
Some Manufacturing Sectors in Washington Get Walloped; Sinking Dollar Provides Others with Bright Spot by Steve Wilhelm
Worker Shortage Threat to Manufacturing Industry by Brad Broberg
Certain Manufacturing Sectors Take Major Hits While Durable Goods Manufacturers Continue to Thrive by Paul Freeman
Lasco Bathware Cuts Costs With Green Project
from the Olympian, 10-22-07 edition
A pilot project at Lasco Bathware has shown that it is possible for a business to increase productivity and reduce its impact on the environment...Read more.
Mixing Lean and 'Green' Delivers Sustainability for Manufacturer
from PlantEngineering.com, 8-15-07 edition
Not every company is as environmentally focused as Canyon Creek Cabinet Company in Monroe, WA. With a five-year plan to reduce toxic waste emissions, a mission statement that requires environmental considerations in major business decisions, a full-time environmental manager on staff and an environmental management system in place, the company clearly places a high priority on reducing waste, pollution and exposure...
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Making More From Less
Silicon Forest Electronics, Inc. implemented Lean principles as a survival mechanism during the technology slump and recession of the past few years. Streamlining production already has shown early returns, with revenues rising from $6.4 million in 2003 to $7.5 million in 2004...Read more.
A Tale of Two Suppliers - How Two Boeing Component Providers Apply Lean Training
Precision Machine Works...repositioned equipment on its manufacturing floor into a series of production cells to create a single-piece flow - a hallmark of a Lean organization. In one case, 26 days of flow time from raw material issue to shipment of the finished part was reduced to 1.5 days...Read more.
Nonprofit Group Helps Manufacturers To Go "Lean"
One of Snohomish County's major employment sectors, the manufacturing industry, is in trouble...Yet some firms have prospered and continue to grow; many can trace their successes to the help they received from Washington Manufacturing Services of Mukilteo...Read more.
Lean (and Successful) In Yakima
Lean Manufacturing was originally introduced to Yakima area manufacturers in 2001. The program is a partnership of the Yakima County Development Association (YCDA), the Tri-County Workforce Council, and Washington Manufacturing Services (WMS)...[it] has become one of the primary initiatives of the workforce retention program of YCDA...Read more.
Manufacturing Industry Plays Critical Role in Economy
If manufacturing is a core component of a nation's economy and key to its independence and security, why are we losing companies and jobs in this sector? Is there something we should do?...Read more.
