Schaffer Manufacturing supports a leading supplier of packaging equipment distributed globally in the food processing, confectionary and pharmaceutical industries. The company uses a portfolio of standard and customized stand-alone machines, modular lines and fully integrated systems to deliver the best solutions for the specific needs of customers.
In 2013, the customer wanted to implement an outsourced manufacturing and supply chain optimization strategy requiring a fabrication partner that could also provide inventory management for dozens of sheet metal piece parts the company uses to assemble multiple equipment models.
Schaffer developed a solution to provide fabricated, multi-operation components – based on estimated annual usage (EAU) forecasting and Kanban-style inventory management – that puts parts on the customer’s receiving dock two days after receiving a weekly resupply signal.
Schaffer sources the material – typically stainless steel – and fabricates at volume levels to reduce per-piece cost. By pulling components from dependable, supplier-managed stock, the customer reduces inventory carrying costs and accelerates time-to-market by avoiding industry-standard lead times of 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the fabrication project.
Schaffer Manufacturing supports a leading supplier of packaging equipment distributed globally in the food processing, confectionary and pharmaceutical industries. The company uses a portfolio of standard and customized stand-alone machines, modular lines and fully integrated systems to deliver the best solutions for the specific needs of customers.
In 2013, the customer wanted to implement an outsourced manufacturing and supply chain optimization strategy requiring a fabrication partner that could also provide inventory management for dozens of sheet metal piece parts the company uses to assemble multiple equipment models.
Schaffer developed a solution to provide fabricated, multi-operation components – based on estimated annual usage (EAU) forecasting and Kanban-style inventory management – that puts parts on the customer’s receiving dock two days after receiving a weekly resupply signal.
Schaffer sources the material – typically stainless steel – and fabricates at volume levels to reduce per-piece cost. By pulling components from dependable, supplier-managed stock, the customer reduces inventory carrying costs and accelerates time-to-market by avoiding industry-standard lead times of 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the fabrication project.
