The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence

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Author

Larry E. Fast is a veteran of 35 years in the wire and cable industry and

held senior management roles for the last 27 of those years. At Belden,

where he spent his rst 25 years, he was one of the youngest plant man-

agers to ever take the helm at their agship plant in Richmond, Indiana.

At that time, the plant employed more than 1,200 people in a building of

nearly 800,000 square feet. In 1982, he became the senior manufactur-

ing leader of the electronic division, a position that he held for 12 years.

During that time, he conceived and implemented a strategy for manu-

facturing excellence that substantially improved manufacturing qua ...