25%

Increased Production

2X

Overall Capacity

$50

Increase in Profit Per Unit

1

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FEATURED CASE STUDY

Driving Production Out: How We Stepped In

Unable to develop an error-proof assembly process to prevent part failure, the customer turned to WCI for assistance to meet a large field replacement program, as well as ongoing production needs.

Background & Situation

The customer was experiencing zero hour part failures—failures prior to arriving to customer or immediately upon first use. They needed a replacement program along with improved quality control for ongoing production.

  • Fan drives failing at a high rate
  • Struggled to diagnose the origin of the issue
  • Lack of data creating blind spots
  • Explosive demand driven by high service requirement
  • Additional assembly source required to increase production capacity
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WCI Solutions

By engaging collaboratively with our customer, we were able to engineer and implement a new assembly process, solving both of the quality and capacity challenges.

  • Simplified communication to single point of contact for OEM.
  • Utilized in-house PLC programming capabilities with custom torque tools to ensure controlled process and quality.
  • Paired state-of-the-art technology with unique, serialized barcodes for data capture of critical information regarding press force, distance, and torque.
  • Integrated innovative assembly line design leveraging customer quality and engineering partnerships.
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CASE STUDY RESULTS

Standout Achievements

Our team developed PLC-driven solutions that from day 1 resolved prior part failure issues and resulted in the full transition of production and service to WCI within 18 months.

  • 3

    Flagship SKUs onboarded within the first 6 months

  • 1

    Point of Contact

  • 4

    out of 5 assembly steps produce data via barcodes and PLCs

  • 100%

    of production and service demand transitioned to WCI within 18 months

  • “I really appreciate the efforts from WCI’s team to keep our lines running and their proactiveness in managing part shortages during this challenging environment that gives us time to react and plan together.”

    Global Industrial OEM – Materials Manager
  • “By moving forward with WCI, we were able to redirect capital to product development. We launched a new product within six months and are seeing almost 3x our revenue in three years.”

    General Manager OEM