On-time delivery for the standard product range of AESSEAL® has remained consistently above its target of 96%. AES identified, however, that an area requiring extra focus was the delivery time for standard plus products which, by their nature, involve the production of unique seal parts.

The subsequent improvement in standard plus on-time deliveries has been due to several factors including the use of live “work to” lists, which provide an electronic priority listing for efficient scheduling of jobs. Similarly, the improvement in the on-time delivery of standard plus LabTectas is a result of a re-assessment of the existing method of prioritising manufacturing orders, so that the most urgent jobs are clearly highlighted and the workshop lists more logically sequenced.

About a year ago, AESSEAL® commissioned its Hydrocarbon Machine Cell. This has resulted in dramatically reduced lead times on the manufacture of CAPI™ parts. Also, the introduction of Seiki systems has allowed better tracking of production hours on jobs which in turn has led to greater efficiency. Finally, at the end of 2008, AESSEAL® management analysed the reasons why an order may become overdue, and made each and every department accountable if a promised ship date to a customer was not met. This focus meant that staff at every level began taking greater responsibility for ensuring that promised shipment dates were met. As a result of this and the aforementioned factors, the on-time delivery figures for standard plus products have remained consistently above the 91% target for the last 7 months of 2009, as the graph above shows.

(December 2009)

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