WS Packaging Group Makes Strides with IMPACT

With Lane's arrival, operational efficiency initiatives began with a formalized funneling of all aspects of the business through WS Packaging Group's Green Bay headquarters—from new business opportunities to the vetting of potential new technology investments—to ensure appropriate deployment of clients or equipment to one or more of its 22 facilities across the U.S. and Mexico. On a larger scale, Lane led the founding of the company's IMPACT™ Business System (IBS), a "business approach" grounded in a lean manufacturing mindset that drives all operational decision-making—from the supply chain to project workflows to new product development. One notable effect has been improved financial forecasting and modeling through the incorporation of Kanban pull replenishment (a Japanese just-in-time inventory control concept) for raw materials.