Osborne Wood Products Plant Tour

Osborne Wood Products, Inc manufactures component wood products for the kitchen & bath industry and furniture industries.

Founded in 1979, Osborne Wood Products, Inc. supplies the cabinet and furniture trade internationally with the highest quality decorative wood components. They also serve many avid hobbyists and Do-It-Yourselfers with unfinished wooden parts and furniture. They have been recognized 4 times as a Wood 100 Company which recognizes fastest growing wood companies, and they have been recognized twice as a Georgia Globe Award winner for expanding their international markets.

Top three reasons to attend:

• See state-of-the-art woodworking technology
• Tour the distribution department and see custom inventory management and order pick software
• Engage in a question and answer period in the Osborne Wood Products Employee Fitness facility

Tour Agenda

10:00 - 10:25      Registration, Networking, GMA Welcome
10:25 - 10:45      Presentation and Safety Briefing
10:45   11:45      Plant Tour
11:45 - 12:00      Wrap-Up and Summary

What you will see: 

Guests will see a number of CNC lathes and woodworking machinery in operation. Osborne utilizes some principles of lean manufacturing although they do not use a push through model or produce products in high quantities. Instead they rely on speed of setups to run product based on allocations from orders. Guests will see their distribution warehouse and see their order picking process utilizing FIFO. 

TOUR REQUIREMENTS:

Attendance is limited:

1 Ticket for non-manufacturing companies

2 Tickets for manufacturing companies

CLOSED TOED/FLAT BOTTOM SHOES ARE MANDATORY.  No High Heels! 

No photos are allowed.