The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI) empowers people with vision loss to engage in fulfilling careers by offering a variety of specialized products, including a sewing production line whose products include various uniforms for the federal government. A mix of approximately 40 blind and sighted employees work various shifts throughout the day, year round.

The goal of this project is to clearly understand the current state of the facility to recommend a new layout that will improve flow, and thus also improve productivity. The project will also study current processes to increase accessibility for blind/visually impaired workers. Improving the facility will allow ABVI to accept more work, both government and commercial.

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Project Name

ABVI-Goodwill Sewing Area Lean Implementation

Project Number

P18701

Project Family

Industrial Engineering

Start Term

Fall 2017 (2171)

End Term

Spring 2018 (2175)

Faculty Guide

John Kaemmerlen, jxkpdm@rit.edu

Primary Customer

Joyel Bennett, Ridhi Malik, Leon France

Sponsor

ABVI

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