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Production turnaround comes from auto-tracking
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04/10/2006
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Automotive manufacturer TRW, which makes 20—30,000 electrically powered hydraulic steering motors per week mainly for other TRW sites supplying into the major automotive OEMs, achieved its success on the back of a tracking system implementation that bridged a gap between the company’s ERP system and its shop floor, enabling significant and ongoing improvement of production metrics. According to IS manager Malcolm Brown, who project managed the implementation with help from Wolf Consultancy, the initial focus was to validate TRW’s product welding process using traceability and prior step validation for a particular customer. But the benefits gained from the initial system were so good that it has now been rolled out throughout the site.
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Author
Brian Tinham
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