8 | Stahl Specialty Company industry. Customers grew as did job orders necessitating the establishing of a second location in Warrensburg, Missouri by 1970, but with the increasing burdens on production, Stahl and his team ultimately realized that the traditional manufacturing methods could neither keep pace with demand or accommodate the diversity of products in degree sufficient to maintaining the quality mandated by the company as well as its clients. In order to achieve the desired efficiency and quality, while reducing lead times and inventories, the company implemented a methodology which is described as cellular manufacturing. The process calls for a compartmentalizing of production machines and personnel which collectively share similarities in their operational processes. In this case, each casting cell is tasked with specific jobs. For example, one cell would be dedicated to producing an inboard V6 exhaust pipe for Mercury Marine while in another cell, the team is focused on producing the 40-pound brake housing required by John Deere Company. Workers are empowered to
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