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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
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Focused on order pulling for shipping. Identified 16 areas for improvement.
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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.
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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.
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Estimated savings of $7,000 to 9,000 annually in one process. Nursery is making progress and tracking other improvement targets identified.
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