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"Functional Build" Approach to Part Production Offers
Lower Costs, High User Scores: Options for Your Products?
A Design News component production article discusses how Japanese engineers have embraced the counter-intuitive concept of “functional build” vs. the widely practiced “conventional” build methodology based on precise, measurable tolerances on virtually all dimensions, i.e., so-called "perfect parts." Using the "functional" concept, many OEMs are now making end-product assemblies at lower costs with greater customer satisfaction on reliability.
This important analysis is excerpted in a new OEM Tech Brief from CWM. It points out the extensive research which a Michigan-based think tank has done which documents how Asian OEMs have moved from the conventional component build approach, that can drive up costs and process delays, to better end products and higher user satisfaction ratings.
To download the "Functional Build" PDF, OEM Tech Brief #35, Click Here).
When You Spec "Ultra Rugged" in a Precision, Lightweight
Portable Unit, a CWM Mg Housing can be Your Best Choice
The new GR-3 GPS satellite tracking unit from Topcon Positioning Systems is a major breakthrough in technology. Project managers at Topcon wanted the GR-3 enclosure to be as advanced as the technology inside: ultra rugged and durable but lightweight for field use; waterproof; dustproof, with fail-safe EMI shielding. A high-tech CWM hot-chamber magnesium die casting was the clear housing choice-- see details in a CWM Case Study PDF.
For a PDF copy of the CWM "Die Cast Solutions" Case Study of this GPS Unit's Mg Housing, click here: CWM_DCS#38 Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Practices
Taken to Next Level with Best Practices Outreach
In an aggressive outreach to other manufacturing plants pursuing best lean practices, CWM has moved from intensive investigation, through remote on-site training, to incorporation of its own new, formalized lean manufacturing in-house training program.
During the past year CWM has examined in depth the successful lean program at the plant of one of its largest customers, with a seven-year background in the formal application of lean manufacturing principles. Six CWM team members participated in comprehensive 3-day lean training sessions incorporating Kaisan events and Value Stream Mapping. The program, now operating with weekly sessions at CWM, has already demonstrated its effectiveness in revealing improvement opportunities.
For more on this latest CWM "Lean Implementation" in the PDF of the Fall '06 issue of "Inside CWM"-- Click Here).
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Functional Build Offers Lower Part Costs, Higher User Ratings | |
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Ultra-Rugged Specs for a Light, Portable Unit Met by H-C Mag | |
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