Adoption of Lean Manufacturing
21 Sep 2022

Adoption of Lean Manufacturing

In the latter part of 2003, Aster was given the objective of introducing Lean Manufacturing to the Bedfordshire based electronics manufacturing company.

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Implementation of Cellular Manufacturing
21 Sep 2022

Implementation of Cellular Manufacturing

Northern Hi-Tec Ltd, a Lancaster based electronics design and contract electronics manufacturing company introduced a lean manufacturing programme in early 2008. Gary Hewitt, Managing Director takes up the story, “Our business has been trading for over 25 years. However, we felt it necessary to take a fresh look at how we both designed and manufactured products. The increase in […]

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Lean in the NHS
21 Sep 2022

Lean in the NHS

Aster was engaged in late 2009 to provide basic lean training to a number of key staff from NHS Gloucestershire. Following the training programme a project team made up of delegates from the training programme was put together as part of their QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) programme with the aim of helping NHS Gloucestershire improve […]

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