2 week activity, $1.5m benefit

Overview

Tait Communications produce critical communications equipment in Christchurch. Faced with a sudden and temporary demand of 4 times their production capacity for hand-held radios, they were faced with a rapid response or missing out on a $1.5m opportunity.

• No time to recruit for a 2nd shift
• No time or budget for additional production equipment
• In-line equipment Cycle Time constraints

Approach

• Rapid in-house production of temporary jigs
• “table-top” processing lines set up
• Temporary materials delivery system introduced
• Bottleneck equipment inventory system
• In-line process taken off-line to supply 2 lines

Results