Gary Forger Editorial Director, Modern Materials Handling Components are stored immediately behind the conveyorized production line in horizontal carousels. Following instructions on their terminals, technicians pull the components and assemble the amps. There is only minimal delay between the time a component shows up on the screen and when it is delivered. In some cases, the parts themselves have not been in the factory for all that long. There are times when we ask for parts from a supplier on Thursday for building an amp on Friday, says Meigs.
Labor is performed only on amplifiers that are already sold.
You might say we ve mastered supply chain management, says Meigs. But even as he says that, he immediately starts talking about what he wants to do next. Custom build amps. Now that should take us to the next level, he says.