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Smart Automation
Transforming a Troubled Fab Shop
From 10 hours to 2 hours. From 20 minutes to 20 seconds. That’s the acceleration potential when you combine smart automation with operational excellence. A global provider of fasteners and components sought to improve performance in its Fabrication Shop producing custom and made-to-order components. Leaders asked Kormac to develop and install more effective processes, KPIs, and automation to improve shop efficiency.
The Fab Shop had historically operated as a cost center. Client leadership asked us to transform it into a P&L-type business, with the Fab Shop quoting work that it would either win or lose according to its competitive pricing. An accurate pricing model was essential, as well as a method to quote prices, calculate actual costs, and track job progress and profitability.
Together with our client partners, we:
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