Space gains for Tek-Tanks
20 August 2009Hampshire based Tek-Tanks, part of the Tek-Group, are the UK 's leading supplier of standard and custom built water, waste and diesel fuel tanks for the marine environment. Suppliers of marine sanitation, marine toilets, water heaters and marine senders and gauges, T ek-Tanks started manufacturing custom designed plastic tanks in 1991 and have since developed into new product areas including moulded tanks, both custom and standard, pumps, toilets and custom fridge/freezer boxes.
Hands-on Support
Roger Dyer, MAS South East Specialist, spent two consecutive days working with the team at Tek-Tanks looking at lean tools and techniques and process mapping exercises. The aim was to show the company how big gains could be made by defining processes and removing non-value added activity and unnecessary waste.
Achievements
One area that has had a good result is in the clearing of clutter making way for valuable much-needed space and efficiencies. The workshop has now been completely redesigned with a new layout including space for an additional workbench, new bin systems, bar coded materials and a new saw. This directly enabled Tek-Tanks to take on another CAD draughtsman, increasing their sales capability by £60,000 whilst growing the core staff of the business and creating capacity to produce 53 extra tanks per year.
Martin Rye, founder and Managing Director of the Tek-Group of companies, said:
"I had always known there was plenty of room for improvement but finding the time to get on and make changes was proving difficult …… the intervention of MAS South East was the stepping stone we needed.
"The whole experience has been very positive and enjoyable and we now plan to use the services of MAS South East for a quarterly or half-yearly review to monitor our progress and continue to mentor us on our lean journey.
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