USAeroteam uses highly
focused and dedicated LEAN workcells, to spur productivity
and reduce downtime. We thus have flexible work teams,
that deliver before time at a decent price. That is
why USAeroteam is a "Dock-To-Stock" supplier,
to many of our major customers.
Kaizen
Kaizen practices
are an important part of Aeroteam's work culture. The major
elements of Kaizen currently in practice and their benefits
are:
Inventory Turns/Reduced
Work-In-Process (WIP): By ordering and receiving
raw materials on a "pull" basis, we are able
to accomplish multiple inventory turns from raw stock
to finished product. Thus we have less money tied up
in the inventory, and can increase our cash flow. It
also allows us to offer more competitive pricing to
our LTA customers.
Chuka-Chuka:
Our in-house fixturing capabilities are dedicated to
product flow as we take advantage of every opportunity
to orient the part for the following process steps.
When possible, parts are fixtured so that the production
process is not interrupted. This allows part loading
times to be absorbed inside the run time. It increases
productivity and helps us to reduce labor costs.
Process Mapping:
By mapping the product flow through its entire process
from start to finish, we can locate equipment in the
optimum location to reduce travel time between operations.
This also allows us to have dedicated staging areas
for raw material and perishable tooling.
Manpower Utilization:
We have operators tackling multiple machines and multiple
operations simultaneously.
JIT
Quality and Delivery Record
USAeroteam also has a
proven track record for Just-In-Time delivery of top
quality products to our Automotive customers. Some of
our achievements include:
Recognition by Delco,
ABS Engineering Team, as the Top Quality Supplier (#1
out of 125) after scoring 145 out of 145 consistently
for years on TQM.
'World
Class Quality' Certificate from Delco.
Winner of the Small Business
Administration Award of Excellence for 1988, 1992 and 1995.
Winner of the Small Business
Administration Prime Contractor of the Year Award in
1995 for region 5. This has put us into the list of
the top ten small businesses in the country.
