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USNR’s Woodland, Washington shop relies on a Fastems FMS to improve part production speed, accuracy and delivery times.
ran out of work for what we had programmed. I warned everybody: ‘it’s going to chew through the work. Especially things that are already proven.’”
As USNR ramps up its productivity, Smothers maintains his goal to reduce average delivery time to five
days or less. “We’d like to get to the point where when a customer calls I have the raw material ready, I put it in the machine and run it, and I ship it that same day.” So much of the process is automated now that he thinks achieving this goal will be possible in the very near future.
Kasi Larson, machine shop coordinator, uses Kardex Remstar units to store parts, fixtures, and tools.
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