P L A N T O P E R AT I O N S Exceptional efficiency West Liberty Foods West Liberty Foods has seen its maintenance operations improve dramatically thanks to a new manufacturing system BY RYA N M CC A R T H Y | r m c c a r t hy @ s o s l a n d.c o m West Liberty Foods implemented the Leading2Lean maintenance system in 2014 and has seen dramatic improvements across the board. 68 W hen Chad Williams went on a months-long expedition to find the next manufacturing operations solution for meat processor West Liberty Foods, maintenance efficiency was the goal. Since implementing Leading2Lean, a cloudbased lean manufacturing system about two MEAT+ POULTRY | 01.17 | www.meatpoultry.com years ago, the company based in West Liberty, Iowa, has saved significant maintenance costs. Williams, the corporate maintenance manager at West Liberty Foods with 20-plus years of experience, used other lean manufacturing systems in the past, but none of them have worked like Leading2Lean.http://www.meatpoultry.com