Van Essen Nursery Kaizen event April 2011 Order pulling for shipping. Key try-storm: Combined plant prep (weeding, tagging and pot changing) with order pulling. Presented by Jesus Zamudio and Dave Van Essen
Focused on order pulling for shipping. Identified 16 areas for improvement.
Existing process: Pull plants and bring them to shipping area for cleaning and customization. Opportunity: Bring customization to point-of use to minimize waste of motion.
Key Try-Storm: Combine plant prep (weeding, tagging and pot changing) with order pulling. Including office and shipping team members provided “aha” moments. Use a different color tag for customer name.
Estimated savings of $7,000 to 9,000 annually in one process. Nursery is making progress and tracking other improvement targets identified.