• Reduction of Pre-Production Die Preparation Times in a Custom Forge Shop 

  The objective was to reduce the in­house pre­production time for any die and trim tooling, starting from the time when it is retrieved from storage and ending at the time when it is returned to storage after use.

• A Quick-Start Approach to JobshopLean in a Custom Forge Shop 

  Project Goals: -To develop and validate flexible facility layout concepts suited specifically for custom forge shops. - To develop a software tool – PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit) – for analysis of the large samples of

• Computer-aided Production Flow Analysis for Production Lead Time Reduction in Custom Forge Shops 

  This paper presents an approach for implementation of Lean Thinking in custom forge shops supplying the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Department of Defense (DOD).

• Flexible Factory Design: A Foundation Strategy for Production Lead Time Reduction 

  Project Goals: - To develop and validate flexible facility layout concepts suited specifically for custom forge shops. - To develop a software tool – PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit) – for analysis of the large samples