What’s Lean Mean? …

CRI has also experienced the tangible benefits it expected from Lean Manufacturing. “Our cost to manufacture each pound of ink clearly was reduced,” says Sickinger. “Improving efficiencies and reducing waste go a long way in reducing your costs. The Lean principles we follow, combined with the built-in automation, has saved time and reduced raw material shrinkage, thus enabling us to better control costs during the recent inflation of material costs … Most importantly, we can address the short lead times and high quality standards required by packaging and label converters.”