Case Study – Re-task 25 man hours for every 500 add-on parts fabricated & assembled!

RE-TASK 25 MAN-HOURS FOR EVERY 500 ADD-ON PARTS FABRICATED AND ASSEMBLED!
Most agree the building industry will always push fabricators for a competitive cost per ton to fabricate steel. We have all seen fabricators lose contracts to workshops with lower overheads or fabricated steel being supplied from low wage countries. What fabricators are discovering is they can now increase capacity, improve schedule and lower costs by 30% without increasing their headcount or footprint to achieve these results.
Fabricators understand that 25% of the costs are attributed to the fitting and assembly of add-on parts to steel beams. It is accepted that the best fitters assemble every add-on part in 10 minutes (or 50 parts per 8-hour shift). This includes layout marking and material handling. What is now established is 3 minutes or 30% saving is possible for assembling each add-on part that has layout marking V-scored on the beam.
When a 3000-ton per year structural steel fabricator has 10 fitters assembling 500 add-on parts to beams per shift, the same fitters can potentially assemble 700 add-on parts per shift. The workshop can supply the 30% additional capacity to the site faster without increasing headcount or footprint.
The fabricator has three choices to receive this competitive advantage:
- Invest in a beamline that V-scores the layout marking positions for the add-on parts on all four sides of the beam;
- Specify V-scoring and full processing of the beam through a beamline at $150/ton @ 1.5ton / hour from a steel service centre
- Fabricators currently have not accepted any additional cost for V-scoring from a steel service centre
- Steel service centres lose a capacity of 1.5 ton /hour when V-scoring is specified as they are deploying redundant beamlines; or
- Ask Specialist Machinery Sales to introduce your business to our clients that are using beamlines that can assist your workshop in re-task 25 man-hours for every 500 add-on parts fabricated.
How many add-on parts does your business assemble each year?
What would your business bid/win ratio look like when your workshop capacity is increased by 30%, the schedule is improved by 30% and the cost to fabricate is reduced by 30%? Would your business win more work or make more money?
Specialist Machinery Sales works in partnership with steel service centres and fabricators to automate the processing and fabrication of all steel profiles. We work collaboratively to design a machinery specification to meet performance outcomes so a superior machine strategy is deployed. Let’s have a conversation about re-tasking fabrication man-hours whilst increasing capacity and improving schedule without increasing your headcount or footprint today!

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