Matt is a drafting manager who spent more time fighting fires than handing over completed drawings to manufacturing. Read his story for a closer look at how Real-Time Synchronization helped him.
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Video Case Studies
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ABB, Cordoba.
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Škoda Power
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Alcan Alesa Technologies
Value Achieved
Our clients achieve a 20-50% reduction in cycle times.
- $55 Million additional revenue per year through increased project throughput
- $800 Million saved in costs by operating under budget
- 70-300% increase in profitability
- 13-50% increase in on time delivery to the customer
Our Engineer-To-Order Manufacturing Experience
- Solar Panels
- Oil & Gas Platforms
- Aircraft engines and pylons
- Power Transformers
- Power Generators
- Switchgears
- Defense Systems
- Satellites
- Ship Unloaders
- Material Silos
- Custom Furniture
How We Do It
Engineer-to-order (ETO) projects are new, customized products that require constant interaction with the customer and nearly by definition, possess huge amounts of uncertainties. It is very difficult to achieve the customer’s expectations of on-time-delivery, full scope, and high quality when there are constant day-to-day changes in the schedule. These changes come in the form of design changes, integration delays, incorrect material orders, and other abrupt changes in the plan. As a result, project priorities quickly get out of sync between all departments, which forces:
- People to wait longer for required inputs (permits, specs, drawings, BOMs, instrumentation, etc.).
- People, especially experts and lead designers, must juggle multiple projects and tasks at the same time, creating bottlenecks.
Real-Time Synchronization eliminates priority confusion and keeps the entire organization in sync even among daily changes in the plan. This not only makes management easier, but also allows you to execute projects 20-50% faster, without compromising on scope and quality.
Matt's Story
Matt is a drafting manager who spent more time fighting fires than handing over completed drawings to manufacturing. Read his story for a closer look at how Real-Time Synchronization helped him out.
"It used to take us 2 weeks to do a
2-day drafting task.”
No wonder why it was so difficult to deliver our finished product to the customer on time and on budget.
The real problem was that my drafters were always waiting – waiting for customer approvals, design reviews, bills of materials, drawing reviews… If I had a nickel for every time we had to wait, I’d be able to outsource all our work myself.
When my people got stuck on a task, I would have to chase down vendors, customers, and other departments while they waited. I was too busy fire-fighting instead of being close to my team to resolve their issues and assign the right priorities.
I felt like I wasn’t being an effective manager, and it showed through our poor results.
Eventually my people would get tired of waiting and start other drawings to get ahead of the schedule, but those design reviews never finished and tasks would get stuck again. This led to even more unfinished drawings and pushed out customer milestones. Do you know how frustrating and stressful it is to continue putting out fires without getting anything done?
That was then, and this is now.
We got out of this daily rut by synchronizing task priorities across all departments – sales, design, drafting, manufacturing, and commissioning. We had tried this in the past, but the difference this time was that Realization's Real-Time Synchronization method kept our priorities in sync even as the customer changes the requirements.
Now we can work straight through a set of drawings without having to wait for design specs or additional drafters because everything is prepared upfront. Most importantly, I am available to guide my people on their work and resolve key issues to keep everyone working smoothly.
Our designs and drawings are now turned around in one-third less time than before. We have seen an increase in the number of finished designs we send to manufacturing even with reduced overtime. Our customers are happier and business seems to be picking up.
“Most important of all, we leave work every day knowing we got the job done.”
What do we offer our clients?
In addition to our patented project execution software, we provide end-to-end implementation services, including:
- Execution Analysis
- Business Process Design
- Operations/ Project Planning
- Training and Coaching