Company:
Pazmac Enterprises Ltd

Industry:
Energy, Wood Products, Marine Electronics

Process:
Integrated Turning

Setup time was reduced by 75%. Revenue per man increased 3 to 1. Payback – 2.5 years. Work in Process – 100% improvement. Inventory – 50% reduction. Throughput (in revenue) – 300% increase. Customer Satisfaction – 400% increase in backlog. Customer Response – 200% improvement in On Time Deliveries.

Pazmac faced a pressing demand from customers to increase manufacturing capacity and accept an increasing volume of work. The challenge meant they needed to achieve this with no increase in floor space or head count. Additionally, they needed to improve lot to lot process & setup repeatability machining complex parts. This was particularly true for multiple-operation parts containing milling and turning requirements necessitating multiple part touches.

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