Plant
Tour: Correct Craft, Inc., Nautique
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Correct
Craft, Inc. -- Orlando, FL
Celebrating 86 years of boat building excellence, Correct Craft, Inc. is the
producer of the Nautique line of boats. The manufacturer of Nautique is known
for delivering superior quality product, cutting-edge technology and
exceptional service experiences.
Correct Craft utilizes one piece flow through its manufacturing processes of
gel coating, lamination, and assembly. Our current production rate is at
approximately 1200 units spread across 7 different models. We are approximately
3 years into our lean journey, which has lead to amazing results within our
operations.
Some of our top areas of improvement are in Quality, Manufacturing Flow,
Material Flow, and Communication. We operate with a very manual process which
allows us a great deal of flexibility in the marketplace and the agility to
meet changing customer demands.
What
You Will See on the Tour:
Attendees on this plant tour will witness a number of Continuous Improvement
areas including:
Quality
Data and information tracking system
Real time and historical data at your fingertips
Communication centers for all employees
Manufacturing Flow
One piece flow
Work instructions by station
Kaizen events
Waste Elimination
Material Flow
Kanban systems
Water spiders
Visual min/max
Vendor managed inventories
Tour
Departure Location
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
One Grand Cypress Boulevard
Orlando, Florida 32836
(407) 239-1234
*Important Note: Even if you are local to the area and do not require
overnight accommodations, ALL plant tour participants must gather at the
designated hotel and travel as a group to the facility. Participants are NOT
permitted to drive separately in their own vehicles to the facility.
Schedule:
Attendees chose one of the following schedules at time of registration:
AM Tour
7:00am-8:00am Attendee
Check-In at Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress & Breakfast
8:00am Attendees Board Motor Coach for Correct Craft
8:30am Arrive at Correct Craft
8:45-9:15am Overview of Correct Craft
9:15am-10:45am Tour
10:45am-11:15am Question & Answer
11:15 Attendees Board Motor Coach
11:45am Return to Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress & Everyone Departs
PM Tour
11:00am-12:00pm Attendee
Check-In at Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress & Lunch
12:00pm Attendees Board Motor Coach for Correct Craft
12:30pm Arrive at Correct Craft
12:45-1:15pm Overview of Correct Craft
1:15pm-2:45pm Tour
2:45pm-3:15pm Question & Answer
3:15pm Attendees Board Motor Coach
3:45pm Return to Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress & Everyone Departs
Tour
Guidelines:
Closed-toe shoes
required.
No cameras (of any kind)
allowed on the tour.
Safety glasses will be
provided.
Preclusion statement: IW
may be required to preclude attendees from taking part in your selected plant
tour. This step will be taken solely by IW at the request of our host plant
based upon the proprietary nature of information that is to be presented. The
host plants' decisions are final and will be communicated to attendees in
advance. If this occurs, attendee will be refunded the full registration fee.
Some participants on the tour may be asked to complete a Non Disclosure
Agreement (NDA).
Registration
Contact Information:
Erika Bailey, Director of Marketing & Events,
ebailey@industryweek.com, 216-931-9512
Celebrating 86 years of boat building excellence, Correct Craft, Inc. is the
producer of the Nautique line of boats. The manufacturer of Nautique is known
for delivering superior quality product, cutting-edge technology and
exceptional service experiences.
What
You Will See on the Tour:
Schedule: