NAVIGATE YOUR PATH TO COMPETITIVE SUCCESS

ENHANCE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY ON THE MANUFACTURING MAP

Manufacturing involves making decisions and solving problems. The entire process fits into four essential steps – and Seco Manufacturing Transformation solutions can help you work through them with efficient productivity.

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MANUFACTURING MAP

Promise Promise
Promise Promise

 

Promise

When you agree to produce a job, you promise your customer three things: quantity, quality and timeliness. To keep those promises, your shop needs to be ready to perform.

Actions

  • Promise what you can deliver.
  • Either improve your planning capabilities or enhance your shop with new knowledge and equipment.

Common Challenges

  • Estimate required resources realistically, including time, materials and readiness.
  • Avoid "we'll figure it out later" promises that you're not certain you can keep.

Engineering

To translate your promise into action, identify how you'll fulfill the order: steps, processes, equipment and resources.

Actions

  • Analyze each job carefully to determine what it requires.
  • Manage your in-house resources and capabilities to create the ideal process for job production, one you can implement cohesively.

Common Challenges

  • Ensure that you're really ready to go, and that you understand any potential for setbacks in the process you formulate.
  • Keep your equipment in top shape with routine and scheduled maintenance.

Machining

Time to cut parts – and monitor the process to manage problems so your output matches what you promised to deliver.

Actions

  • Manage your processes to produce successful results.
  • Predict and avoid unprofitable emergencies.

Common Challenges

  • Check your process to ensure that everything's running correctly.
  • Manage quality control to avoid scrap and waste.

Planning

Once you identify what you need for a job, find and prepare your resources.

Actions

  • Acquire the tools and materials you need.
  • Prepare the right setup for uninterrupted machining.

Common Challenges

  • Verify that everything you need for success will be available exactly when you need it.
  • Manage tool and material inventory to avoid downtime.

MANUFACTURING TRANSFORMATION SOLUTIONS

Manufacturing Evaluation
Tool Deterioration Analysis
Engineering Services
Education
Machine Monitoring
Inventory Management
Tool Identification

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