Empowering people and streamlining processes

Highlights

This tour will provide you with an in-depth understanding of how they leverage lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement and innovation to deliver high-quality products while maximizing operational efficiency and reducing waste.

Overview

The team will showcase how advanced manufacturing techniques and continuous improvement drive efficiency, reduce waste, and enhance product quality.

• Inventory Kanban – Two-Bin System: Efficient inventory management ensures optimal stock levels, smooth material flow, and just-in-time practices.
• Paint Line Kata: Process refinement reduced paint line operations from two shifts to one without sacrificing quality or throughput.
• Continuous Improvement: Daily incremental changes—adjusting machines, optimizing workflows, refining assembly—keep operations agile and efficient.
• Raw Material Waste Reduction: Smarter planning and quality control minimize material use, cut costs, and improve sustainability.
• Product Demo: See the final product in action with a product demo of the industrial heating technology we design and manufacture for high-bay buildings.

The tour concludes with a chance to speak to the people at the heart of the culture in a Q&A session with four Cambridge employees. Come and ask any questions on your mind about our journey, our successes – even our failures! All were opportunities to learn and have shaped who we are.

For 60 years, Cambridge Air Solutions has enriched the lives of its people, customers and suppliers through the design and manufacture of premium ventilation-driven space heating, interlocked process ventilation and multiple cooling technology platforms. These include evaporative cooling and recirculation products for manufacturing, warehouse and industrial facilities.

By deploying a network of 800+ sales representatives in local markets, Cambridge helps leaders in manufacturing and warehousing create healthy work environments for their hard-working people. Through more than 75,000 system installations and four billion square feet of buildings served, millions have experienced improved indoor air quality and better thermal comfort.

Deeply rooted in a continuous improvement (lean) culture, Cambridge is able to create superior products based on quality, effectiveness and the overall customer experience. This mindset is shared openly and freely with like-minded leaders looking to find ways to engage their employees. Cambridge is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri with its expansion facility located in Wentzville, Missouri. www.cambridgeair.com