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Improving Labor Productivity in the Chesterfield Plastics Plant Assembly Department

Student Team:
Moses Pezarkar – Master of Engineering in Manufacturing
Ziyan Xu – Master of Engineering in Manufacturing

 

Project Sponsors:
Nate Dietrich – Industry 4.0 Deployment Manager, North America
Sherry Lee – Plant Manager
Andrew McEvoy – Lean Manufacturing Engineer
Jason Stone- Manufacturing/Launch Engineer

 

Faculty Advisors:
Ravi Anupindi – Ross School of Business
Matt Gibson – College of Engineering

Stanley Engineered Fastening is seeking to improve the labor productivity of their Chesterfield plant plastic assembly department by 20 to 30%. The Tauber team was tasked to investigate immediate and continuous improvement opportunities through lean and smart factory tools, as well as develop an outsourcing strategy.

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