Bruce Towns Engineering has long adopted Lean practices to realise quality outcomes that meet performance standards with minimum effort and wastage.
With each new client or major new project our process begins with understanding the issues or challenges that define high performance, and progress towards delivering components that meet the brief precisely.
The following chart steps through the stages of this process, and explain how each step brings us closer to an optimum solution for every client’s needs.
problem / opportunity review
understand the business issues and desired outcomes that will drive long-term customer value
pilot project
identify and understand the function of complex components for initial piloting of systems
fabrication design analysis
assess existing component design and identify opportunities for optimum quality/efficiency balance
fabrication design refinement
provide feedback ranging from verbal guidance to detailed CAD drawings for optimum fabrication design
prototyping
fabricate prototype using manual systems to provide working prototype for performance assessment
performance assessment
assess prototype performance (e.g. stress-test) and agree final refinements to automated production design
automated production
implement ITMS production management protocols to integrate computerised fabrication, materials management and stock tracking process
design upgrade
initiate a new round of analysis, refinement, prototyping, assessment and automation to achieve increased performance with greater efficiency