Rework burns time and money better spent making new goods or otherwise improving business.
Smart manufacturers learn why rework happens and take steps to minimize it.
And reduction of rework is only one of the changes they made. Mountain States rebuilds manual transmissions for clients across the Intermountain West and Northwest. Its rework percentage is low but extremely costly because manual transmissions require removal and reinstallation by the installing shop if the unit fails while under warranty, and that cost is covered in the MSD warranty. Transmissions are also heavy and must be shipped back and forth adding to costs and taking time away from production, UTAP engineer Bill Schell explains. The application uses their existing software and was designed to be easy to use.