US Borax keeps pace with Integrated Process Management...

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From an economic perspective, IPM has been a big win — increased capacity, improved yields, continuous equipment optimization, minimum capital investment, and corporate learning that can be applied to other areas are just some of the benefits that have immediate and long term payoffs to the bottom line. IPM has enabled us to achieve stability and predictability in day to day operations, enabling us to maximize the capability of our existing assets and providing a solid base upon which Borax can build through other business improvement initiatives such as Lean or Six Sigma in the future as business objectives require.