Ever-Roll asked FastLane to help reduce changeover times from part to part. Each employee had their own way of doing things. They did not have a standard way to gather the tools and tooling for each part or a way to make the necessary machine adjustments required to perform the setup for each job. When changing shifts, the employees stepping in to take over a machine, would not understand where the person before them was in the process.
Category Archives: Case Studies
Prototype to Production
Dayton Photonics had a solid benchtop prototype that they were using to demonstrate their capabilities. They wanted to move from the prototype to a marketable product. They requested FastLane’s assistance to help build out their supply chain. They wanted help to identify local and regional vendors and assistance with optimizing the subsystems for manufacturing.
Automation Solutions with Spintech
One of Spintech’s key customers needed a product that requires a large amount of detail work. Manufacturing this product includes drilling, cutting, deburring, and trimming. When these activities are done manually, they consume a lot of man-hours.
5S Leads To Growth For Forre Sports
Forre Sports was facing a few challenges. Their lead times were growing, and they worried that it would jeopardize their client relationships and their sales. They needed to reduce their lead times by increasing throughput and productivity. They also needed to
New Product Design Analysis with Captor Corporation
Captor received a customer request wanting structural and thermal analysis simulations instead of physical testing on a new design project to predict the EMI filter design performance. Captor needed powerful software to simulate performance under different environmental conditions.
Inventory Management Valco
Valco wanted to increase sales and improve performance, but they had no engineers on staff and a small team. They determined that the laser department needed the most help. Valco wanted to improve their sheet metal inventory management to increase efficiency and reduce wasted time and space, while improving machine productivity.
Overcoming Obstacles to Scale
AIMM had developed a process to make their product but ran into challenges once they tried to scale. The process that had worked on a small scale did not work when scaled because the water vapor that is released would clog the lines. They realized that the more they tried to scale the more challenges they would run into. If they wanted to scale to 50x, they were going to need help.
Talent Acquisition
QQE was facing a very competitive recruiting market. They developed a strategy which included hiring students to build a pipeline and apprenticeship program. QQE began trying to connect with local schools, but it was challenging to make the right connections because they were new to Greene County.
Digital Thread
Cat-Wood had upgraded their ERP system and wanted to incorporate machine data collection to be able to improve their estimating methodology. They wanted to ensure data accuracy on the time needed for each job to clarify pricing and understand the profit for each part manufactured. The ability to track this data would improve future quoting, increase profitability, and maximize equipment efficiency so they can be a good supplier for the Department of Defense (DoD).
The Power of Internships
Yaskawa Motoman desired to build an internship program that would support their workforce needs and create a long-term pipeline of students who can fill open positions within the company. They also wanted to connect with more schools and expose more high school students to a variety of careers in manufacturing.
