ArvinMeritor Wins Shingo Prize for Lean Manufacturing Practices
TROY, Mich., March 22 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Gladstone Avenue exhaust manufacturing plant in Columbus, Ind., is a 2004 recipient of the coveted Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing.
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"Receiving the Shingo Prize is a great honor and a testament to the company's continuous improvement culture. That culture is inspiring our employees to redesign traditional practices into processes that reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction," said Keith Warf, vice president of global operations, LVS Air and Emissions Technologies. "Through an engaged workforce of more than 700 people, the facility has made substantial quality and productivity improvements. Today, Gladstone's operations focus on lean manufacturing principles, team-building and employee involvement practices."
The Shingo Prize is administered by the College of Business at Utah State University. It is the only industrial excellence award, in the world, that focuses on lean manufacturing principles that were first implemented in the Toyota Production System. LVS Gladstone's achievements include a 72-percent decrease in customer PPMs since 2000, a 99-percent decrease in supplier PPMs since 2000, a 54-percent decrease in the cost of non-quality since 2000, and an on-time delivery average of 99.9 percent since 1999.
ArvinMeritor's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group posted more than $4.3 billion in sales during fiscal year 2003, and employs more than 17,000 people at 74 facilities in 23 countries. LVS -- a market leader in the product categories it serves -- supplies integrated systems and modules to the world's leading passenger car and light truck OEMs. With advanced technology and systems design expertise in apertures, undercarriage, wheels and emissions control, LVS combines high-quality components into cost-effective, performance-based solutions for virtually every car and light truck on the road today.
ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier $8-billion global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 32,000 people at more than 150 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company's Web site at: www.arvinmeritor.com .
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