Jefferson State Forest Products

Jefferson State Forest Products (JSFP) has actively implemented the "Jefferson Production System", a lean manufacturing method streamlining all aspects of the manufacturing process with the goal of eliminating waste. We strive to eliminate all forms of waste in the manufacturing process of our products, from the materials that are used, to the man... hours required to build them. The JPS starts with a focus on the customer, our goal is to provide them with the very best products achievable at the most economical price possible. One of the ways we do this is by removing waste from all of our business systems. We define waste as anything the end customer would not be willing to pay for. We have identified which activities actually contribute to "value added" versus actions which do not. It is the "non-value added" actions that we focus on to achieve the leanest production system possible, by aggressively streamlining these actions or eliminating them altogether when viable. Our goal is to create a continuous flow of materials everywhere; we do this by arranging our production activities sequentially with no wait time between them. When we do this several things happen; we reduce extra handling, require less floor space and dramatically reduce the time a product takes to complete the production line, along with exposing more waste that has always been in the system. Once the waste is exposed, we work hard to find its root cause and eliminate it. Our objective is to maintain a steady, continuous flow of the product, materials, and information throughout the entire production system. Standardized production methods including "set-up time", allows for providing a detailed description of how the product is manufactured, assuring that each item will be built to exact specifications every time. All JSFP fixtures are built to order. Items are only manufactured after an order has been received, reducing costly inventory and preventing waste. We have instituted a method of "one piece flow" to improve quality, allowing us to ...Read More