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.

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