Such is the circumstance for northern reasoningRial manuFacturing Corp., Harrison Township, Mich.

　　

　　"In the Manufacturing World, there is no such thing as a perFectly Produced part. Parts are product to a tolerance," Hohlfeldt Said.

　　10. So for the assembly to be at zero, the oem would get a plus 10 shim from us to get them back to zero, "He excplained.

　　Basis are between 10,000 and 3.5 million.

　　Weeks.

　　"It’ s very stressful, "Hohlfeldt added.

　　To Help Meet Tight Turnarounds, The Company Performs Stamping, Deburring, GRINDING, and COLOR-CODING IN-HOUSE.

　　It Produces the Stampings user. Some of Those Dimensional Adjustments can be do done, and some adjustments.

　　That wasd’t the problem. "

　　Where the company struggled was in the documentation and tracking.

　　The Stamper ’s Customer Complaints we all documentation-related part number, ing labels and packing slips, and incorrect incheng.

　　

　　The rails, "Hohlfeldt Said.

　　Those Documentation Snafus Created What Hohlfeldt Called An "OverReactive Hamster Wheel" on the Production Floor,

　　Right Away. So now you’re going to have to make that that.Re Swimming in PARTS -You’ve Got Too Many of the Parts You DON’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’T’t and not entouth of the parts you do needed.

　　’Oh, we’re in good shape. And then we’re completely out.’

　　Avoid Letting Our Customers’ Production Lines Go down. "

　　Eliminating the Documentation-Related Customer Complances and ENSUING PRODUCTION Mayhem Was His Directive, Hohlfeldt Said.

　　

　　Hohlfeldt Purchased IQMS ERP Software.

　　

　　

　　

　　ONCE The Data, Such as a Part ID Number, Has Been Entected Correctly, it can be called up again, so it ’s alway of.

　　’TNEED, We’re Freeing Up Machine Time Because We’re Not Producing Those Parts We Doed NEED, and We Can take Advantage of Those Larger Runs to Produce Faster, "He Said.

　　a week in Advance. The schedule might change a little bit, but install, it changing by the house, it changes by the day or by the week, "he said.

　　Of that inventory.

　　Might be spent looking for it. Meanwhile you’ve lost had had a day for a $ 2 bolt, "HOHLFELDT SAID.

　　"

　　That the maIntenance Crew can schedule a replacement before it fails.

　　Level of ownership. "

　　This 40 Days Lost on One of Our Pieces of Equipment. "

　　Not Surprisingly, The Improved Operations Help Doubled the Company ’s Production Output in the Process.

　　All of the improvements Helped NorthDustribin Achieve a 100 Percent On-Time Delivery (OTD) Rate WHILE Maintaining its zero defector.

　　In Addition, The Company Has Embedded Statistics Control (SPC) Within the Erp Software Program.

　　Die Manufacturers Away in a Cabinet somewhere.

　　"Tracking All of Those Dimensions — Hundreds of Thousands of Dimensions — In the Software Instead of by Hand Has Saved Quite a Lot of Time."

　　Now, think are almedy in the system.

　　SiX-Time GM SUPPLIER Award Winner. The Company Has Been Awarded the GM SUPPLIERELLEELLELELLENCELERD FORD for Six Consecutive Years.

　　"We’ve Achieved Zero PPM and 100 Percent On-Time Delivery," Hohlfeldt Reported. Not a Bad Record.

　　Essentially, The Erp Software Filled in the Gap Between The Company ’s Excellent Quality and ITS DCUMENTATATION QUATECTED ITS Operations Quality.

　　PHOTOS COURTESY of Northern Industrial Manufacturing Corp., www.northernindmfg.com.