Total project automation

UNLOCK FASTER LEAD TIMES AND GREATER CONTROL

Track components from end to end, keep inventories tight, and cut lead times down to days – not weeks. 

Our integration of advanced processes, extensive automation, and proprietary technologies translates to an improved service experience for you. And with our world leading Total Project Automation, better service starts the moment you ask us or a quote. 

 

GREATER CONTROL

Get complete traceability of your quote, project, and part.

Identify your part’s progress at any point in time.

We monitor all aspects of your project including personnel, equipment, time, temperatures, cutting pads – everything.

This means total integrity of information from quote to part number. 

 

SHORTER LEAD-TIMES

Your delivery date sets the foundation for all operations.

Continuous flow manufacturing keeps all orders moving without delays and no line-down situations.

No holds policy: with required information visible to operators, everyone has what they need to make decisions and prevent holds.

 

TIGHTER INVENTORY

Rev-level quoting makes any revision of any quote automatically available for order.

Inventory is shipped on the appropriate date for accurate, on-time delivery.

Product is available every time you need it with no overstock.

 

 

ONE QUOTE, ONE PROJECT, ONE PART

 

As your initial quote request makes its way through our system, it immediately collects essential details at each step to provide you with a precise estimate. Once you place your order, it automatically converts to your new part number complete with design data that’s sent through the manufacturing process. This ensures continuous monitoring of your part until it reaches your loading dock.

 
 

INITIATE

 

• Request for quote
• Attach design materials
• CAD model
•Prints
• Specs
• Instructions
• Unify under single traceable quote number

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QUOTE

• Estimate for primary casting — Number of pieces per mold / Gating setup / Sprue selection / Material selection

• Estimate for secondary operations — Machining / Plating / External operations
• Hands-on engineering expertise — Better manufacturability / Lower assembly costs / Enhanced product features
• Formalize needs
• Deliver quote to customer in 5 days or less

 
 

SETUP

• Receive PO for specific quote
• Quote automatically converts to part number
• Set delivery date and back-time every process
• Connect (in real life) all people on the project
• Match all prints and models to part number
• Launch the project

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PRODUCE

• The final CAD model is synced across all machines in the production process
• Part production is accelerated through Continuous Flow Manufacturing
• Machines send data back on every part
• Automatic alerts on any parameter
• Monitor hand off to successive operations
• Track part through just-in-time delivery

 

REQUEST A QUOTE TODAY

 

PROJECT AUTOMATION FAST FACTS

  • 5 days or less to receive a quote - prototyping in less than 24 hours 
  • 6-10 week lead times 
  • 0 sheets of paper wasted or lost in quoting process
  • 100% fulfillment
  • 154 robots 
  • 753,059 square feet devoted to helping customers maximize their profitability 
  • Parts ranging from a few ounces to 250 pounds 
  • 27 Automated Storage Retrieval Systems (ASRS)
  • 3,000+ active part numbers 
  • 6,100,000 total lines of code used in our highly customized manufacturing software
  • 36 million parts shipped annually
  • 550+ customers shipped each year
  • 1 unique file number for your request, quote, and part  
 

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Last updated 12.15.2023