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Purdue MEP Helps Refine Processes and Eliminate Waste, Leading to Improved Efficiency & Capacity
With the help of: Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership
About
The Challenge
The training provided by Purdue MEP has been instrumental in helping Arcamed bridge critical workforce skills gaps and drive operational excellence. Their lean manufacturing and Six Sigma classes empowered our team with the tools and methodologies needed to identify inefficiencies, eliminate waste, and sustain improvements across our processes. The impact of their support is evident in the measurable gains we've achieved in productivity, quality, and efficiency. Purdue MEP has been an invaluable partner in advancing our culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
MEP's Role
Purdue MEP provided targeted training in Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles. Through these courses, the Arcamed team gained a deeper understanding of waste-reduction strategies, value stream mapping, process standardization, and data-driven problem-solving. This training built the skills needed to identify inefficiencies, eliminate waste, and implement sustainable improvements across Aracemd’s operations. By equipping the workforce with these methodologies, Purdue MEP played a critical role in advancing Aracemd’s culture of continuous improvement.
The team has successfully applied Lean and Six Sigma tools to streamline processes, improve quality, and reduce variation. Value stream mapping (VSM) helped identify and eliminate non-value-added activities, while Six Sigma training equipped the team to reduce defects and interpret process variation data.