Technology Pays Off for Lexington Mfg.

摘要

This Minneapolis-based company looks to computer systems to help it ship most of its orders within 24 hours and to maintain tight tolerances. In a few short weeks, Lexingtop Manufacturing Inc. will be in the throes of its busy season, manufacturing profile-wrapped components for windows, door's and furniture - to name a few. Several years ago, this prospect might have intimidated the Minneapolis-based OEM supplier. Not anymore, especially since 90 percent of the shipments at the company's 61,000-square- foot plant in Coon Rapids, MN, are sent out within 24 hours of the initial order. A fixture in the WOOD 100 Report, with its first appearance coming in 1990, Lexington has grown from $1.4 million in sales in 1988 to projecting $47 million this year. It has been able to get to this point not only by adopting the principles of lean manufacturing, but also by implementing what President Bob Dimke calls "technology integration."