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California Closets: Rethink, Rebuild (B)

Thomas, Doug, Chin...

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California Closets: Rethink, Rebuild (B)

Thomas, Doug; Chinnaswamy, Trent; Yemen, Gerry

OM-1812 | | 4 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This case, a follow-up to "California Closets: Rethink, Rebuild (A)" (UVA-OM-1810), examines how Peer Nielsen's recommendations led to significant improvements at California Closets and explores challenges in the company's product-development process. This case series examines how to improve a process with existing company resources in a high-volume mass customization manufacturing environment. It can be used as an introduction to Lean thinking or for learning and practicing specific methods such as A3 or 5S. The case has been used with students in full-time MBA courses and executive education programs. series examines how to improve a process with existing company resources in a high-volume mass customization manufacturing environment. It can be used as an introduction to Lean thinking or for learning and practicing specific methods such as A3 or 5S. The case has been used with students in full-time MBA courses and executive education programs.

- Examine the dynamics of a high-volume mass customization manufacturing operation. - Identify the root causes of each production challenge. - Explore how to implement Lean techniques to meet manufacturing targets. - Analyze how to improve workflows between teams in an organization while maintaining common goals. - Identify the bottleneck resource.