Commercial Spring & Tool Company Limited Implements Lean Processes in Operations to Eliminate Waste and Becomes More Innovative
The recent economic hardship forced Commercial Spring and Tool Company to take a long hard look at how it does business.
Online, September 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - (San Diego, CA) - The recent economic hardship forced Commercial Spring and Tool Company to take a long hard look at how it does business. The Company got serious about implementing lean processes in its operations to eliminate waste and has become more innovative in its products and capabilities.
"They didn't care about the volume either. We couldn't go back to them and say, 'you promised to buy a hundred pieces a week and now you're only buying two a week. The standard answer was, 'you're lucky you have work.' We had to figure out how we could be more effective get more value out of our production," said Vice President Gurmail Gill.
Based in Ontario, Commercial Spring and Tool Company was founded in 1971 by Frank Martinitz, a tool and die maker by trade, and today operates six facilities covering 22,000 square feet. Some of Commercial Spring and Tool Company's products include springs, wire forms, stampings, heat treating and coating.
To read more about how Commercial Spring and Tool Company plans to diversify, supplementing its automotive focus with other commercial products, click here http://www.manufacturingdigital.com/company-reports/commercial-spring-and-tool-company-limited
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