We have about 40 employees–three full-time office people, plus pool installation, pool service, landscaping, hardscaping and mowing crews. I n 2009, we added the landscaping and lawn services, and now, Justin runs that end while Dad and I focus on pools. My brother, Justin, and I have been working in the business since we we re in high school. Well, we’re definitely family owned! My dad, Gary Hendrick, started the business in 1987. Tell us a little about yourself and your business. They specialize in full-service fiberglass and vinyl pool installations, including landscaping and hardscaping, as well as pool and lawn service and maintenance in and around Hamilton County, Indiana, including the communities of Fishers, Geist, Carmel, Noblesville and Westfield along with communities as far south as Bloomington and Nashville, Indiana. This month, we talked to Jonathan Hendrick, one of the owner/operators of Hendrick Pool and Lawn Service. Michael Shebek, President, Automatic Pool Covers, Inc.Every month, we chat with Thursday Pools dealers to learn more about their business and what’s trending in their area. Purdue TAP has been a key partner in our Lean journey.” “ Although we have been manufacturing products for over 10 years, since we contracted with the TAP program, we've reduced our manufacturing footprint, reduced process hand-offs, improved productivity, and-most significantly-reduced our manufacturing lead-time by 68%. Overtime reduced by 23% over the prior year, while the business grew more than 10%. Process hand-offs reduced by more than half.20% reduction in floor space utilization.72% reduction in shipping to invoice timing.APC also held 5S training and implementation, a Plant Layout Improvement kaizen, and biweekly, ongoing Lean consulting with TAP to assist with VSM Future State actions. The first day featured hands-on, Current State mapping of APC's 365 product offering-revealed the waste in our order flow from call to cash and the second day covered a critical review of the Current State and generation of solutions supporting a better Future State map. These sessions resulted in all of our folks “speaking the same (Lean) language.” APC then conducted a two-day Value Stream Mapping session led by TAP's Advanced Manufacturing Specialist. APC entered into a long-term engagement with one of TAP's Advanced Manufacturing Specialists, who started them off with two Lean 101 sessions to ensure attendance by every full-time APC employee. He became the foundation for the company's Lean efforts. Solution:ĪPC's manufacturing leader, Jacob Bloss, attended one of Purdue TAP's Lean Practitioner certification courses and brought his learnings back to APC. Prior to APC's engagement with Purdue TAP, they knew there were opportunities to improve productivity, order response time, inventory levels, and first-pass quality. They knew their people were the ones who drove those standards and that Lean Manufacturing could unleash even more improvement and creativity in them. Situation:ĪPC's growth over the past 35 years was generated by great service, a quality mindset, and market-leading products. Today, you can find APC products all over the world as they continuously look to develop and better our offerings. At the beginning of 2003, APC started to put plans into action by manufacturing their first automatic pool covers, leaving no detail - from ease of installation to commercial grade hardware - overlooked. As the company continued to grow, they began to use their vast knowledge of the industry to develop and experiment with their own designs with the hope of making the most efficient, convenient and sturdy product. APC continued to grow exponentially into the millennium, becoming a leader of the cover distributor industry. (APC) took its first steps into the industry in 1978 as a small pool cover distributor.
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