Walking Tour in Artelinea SpA

A Walking Tour of the manufacturing plant to illustrate how it is possible:

  • Optimize the production flows  in assembly area
  • Increase the involvement of the people

Today, more than ever, it becomes necessary to find business models that can cope with the profound changes each sector is experiencing. It is necessary to be excellent not only in terms of product, but also in processes.

II Lean World Class® is a concrete response to the needs of those enterprises that are capable of perceiving and managing change. We affirm this with the certainty of those who have, data in hand, real experiences in the field e measurable and lasting results.

Our experiences and concrete results allow us to say that Lean World Class® can be successfully applied to address those issues encountered daily in Operations.

The Artelinea case presents the experience of a company that embarked on a journey of change and chose Bonfiglioli Consulting as its partner in implementing major improvement projects. In particular, the assembly process, Applying methods and tools to increase productivity.

The main outcome of this project, which is still ongoing, has been The increased productivity at the 20% assembly.

Added to this important milestone is a significant change in corporate culture toward empowerment and autonomy of all people involved in the project.

The Walking Tour is especially aimed at Entrepreneurs, CEOs, General Managers, Function and/or Process Managers.

Registration is free; a maximum of two participants per company are allowed. Bonfiglioli Consulting and Artelinea reserve the right not to confirm registration.

It is a company founded in Florence in 1962 by Marcello Gobbini, who with enthusiasm and determination, transformed the business of silvering mirrors and producing glass accessories into a leader in designer bathroom furniture.
Today the company counts on collaborations with leading designers and universities such as the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florence and the School of Glass in Murano, Venice, to offer top-quality, largely custom-made products distributed through outlets and showrooms throughout Western Europe and the U.S.
The plant in Florence covers an area of 12,500 square meters. Every stage of processing takes place in-house: cutting, bending, grinding, casting, painting, laser machining on cutting table. Even the furniture is entirely produced by the skilled craftsmen in the in-house carpentry shop, which is directly connected to the lighting department where the mirrors are mounted and the wiring is done.