Western Washington University Students See Theory Applied to Manufacturing at Crane

March 16th, 2012

Shawn

News Facts:

For the last ten years, students from Western Washington University (WWU) have been invited to come with their professor, Peter Haug, to tour Crane’s Lynnwood site.
These students are from Manufacturing Supply Chain Management, Operations Management and Manufacturing Engineering Technologies disciplines and are always excited to have the opportunity to tour a manufacturing facility.
This year, the event was organized by Rob Poole, OpEx Manager at the Lynnwood site.
Rob is a WWU alumn, as are several other employees, so he is able to point out real life application of the theories and practices the students are learning in their class sessions.
In addition to a site tour, Joe Imrisek, Value Stream Manager, put the students to work on a paper airplane project that helps illustrate the one-piece-flow manufacturing concept.
The students were very engaged during their visit and appreciated the opportunity to ask questions and witness the relevancy of their studies to real life situations.

Supporting Quote

“Crane has hosted Dr. Haug’s class tours for more than ten years and it remains one of our most valued added activities,” said Joe Imrisek, Value Stream Manager at Crane. ”We are proud of our operation and this is an opportunity to show what we do and how we do it. We look forward to meeting students from Western who are well prepared to make an immediate contribution when they enter the workforce. We have hired many Western graduates who have become our top performers and hope to bring in more of the ‘Best and the Brightest’ for years to come.”