Lean Practices - Welcome to Apex Industrial Technologies

Information For Distributors Of Industrial Products

Apex offers powerful programs for Industrial Suppliers to drive new business growth and to help them respond to growing customer demand for Point-Of-Use Technology. Read More

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Who’s Using Apex Connect n' Go™ Technology?

You Don’t Pay for Complicated Software or Functionality You Don’t Need or Want

Simple. Easy. Straightforward. You get the dependable real-time performance you deserve with Apex breakthrough simple, affordable Connect n’ Go™ solution. Read More

Apex Next-Gen Connect n’ Go™ Technology Makes It:

Easy To Use
Easy To Implement
Easy To Afford

No complicated start up. No expensive implementation costs. Just reliable performance out of the box. Real-Time Usage, Inventory and Restocking Data are available anytime, anywhere from your browser presented just the way you want to see it.
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The Edge C3i Hub

The Edge C3i Hub, Apex-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS), watches over the flow of materials to your workers so you don't have to. Read More

Immediate Savings!

Eliminate Stock Outs
Reduce Usage by 15-30% or More
Reduce Inventory Levels by 50%
Reduce “Walking and Waiting” Time for Tools/Supplies
Streamline and Automate Reordering
Reduce Obsolescence
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New Products

Apex exclusive One Bite™
VDM (patent pending) — Single-item Dispensing for Cutting Inserts, Weld Caps, Fasteners and other small parts

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Lean Practices

Lean is all about doing more with less — eliminating wasted time, wasted motion, wasted material, wasted labor and wasted production resources.

Lean Practices eliminate waste and put critical tools, material and assets close to where work is done.

The following model illustrates a typical Lean Best Practices for distribution of MRO Materials.

Lean Practices

Lean Practices are built around DMAIC — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control.

Deploying Apex Edge Point-Of-Work (POW) Technologies and their attendant information capabilities can help you achieve Lean Objectives and provide the means to Control (or Maintain or Sustain) productivity gains and improvements.

Apex Edge POW Technologies support other Lean Initiatives such as:

Kaizen
Kan Ban
5-S

Apex solutions also enable our Clients to automate and document standards compliance. Only those items that are approved for use are available. Maverick and non-compliant usage can be easily identified and managed.

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