Challenge: A key player in the air filtration industry was presented with a business opportunity, but did not have the space to accommodate the inventory needed.
CLC Solution: We were able to provide a pre-packaged kit that contained all required sheet metal parts for each unit. As a result, our customer not only utilized "lean manufacturing" principals but also increased their market share by adding a new customer.

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Challenge: A fast growing OEM needed consistent, weekly production capacity on a moments notice.
CLC Solution: We implemented a program called "Hero" time, in which our customers can actually reserve capacity in advance - without purchase orders - to give them the best service possible. Due to the success of this program, we set aside "Hero" time each week in our production schedule and have helped dozens of our valuable customers with it.

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Challenge: The market leader in fire protection equipment needed to increase efficiencies in order to defend its position against a new entrant to the market.
CLC Solution: We offered a pre-painted aluminum material in lieu of cold roll steel that needed to be powder coated after fabrication. While the aluminum was more expensive than the cold roll sheet the reduction in weight and the elimination of the powder coat process made this material a more efficient choice for our customer.

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Challenge: A market leader in food processing equipment moved to a Kanban system to reduce their inventory.
CLC Solution: We helped them to improve their idea with a combination Kanban and stocking program designed for long lead-time items that wouldn't work with the original system.