Situation High-precision machining company Exacto Inc. tracked scrap data in their ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to monitor production and inventory. Once a month, Exacto leadership extracted scrap data into an Excel report for quality analysis. Critical...
Situation Senior Flexonics – GA Precision, Wisconsin, uses leading-edge technology to manufacture turned and complex metal components for the Aerospace, Medical, Construction, Agricultural, and Automotive markets. No dependable method existed for determining the tool...
Situation An automotive customer set even higher expectations for the quality data reporting of its supplier, a mid-sized, Midwest-based plastics company. On top of his regular duties, the supplier’s Quality Manager now must find time to select and implement a new...
Situation Quality Manager for privately held metal fabrication company in automotive & heavy equipment industry. Critical issue Customer and ISO procedures require vendor to conduct periodic, destructive tests on finished product. Inspection sheets were rarely...
Situation Quality and Engineering staff at a tier one supplier of exterior automotive lighting systems. Critical issue Key personnel spent over a quarter of their time each month exporting, copying, pasting, verifying, and formatting data for routine customer reports....
How one team used Dynamic Reports to dramatically reduce the cost of serving their customers Stacey Fugate, Quality Engineer at Valeo Sylvania, Seymour, IN never imagined he’d grow up to become a professional “data jockey”. “You’ll never find a kid who wants to grow...
