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The following is an example of an assembly that was built in house by one of our end users. SB
&W reviewed the assembly and all of its operations, and suggested buying the completed assembly from SB&W. SB&W leveraged the abilities of our trusted partners to provide “more for less” to our customer. Our customer was able to free their valued workers to focus on higher value operations.
 



Purchase Orders

Steel tube (internal inventory - cost shared)
Steel sheet (internal inventory - cost shared)
Spring
Shaft - purchased headed and drilled
Retaining pin

Receive

Steel tube (cost shared)
Steel sheet (cost shared)
Spring
Shaft

Handle to Inventory

Steel tube (cost shared)
Steel sheet (cost shared)
Spring
Shaft
Retaining pin

Handle from Inventory

Steel tube
Steel sheet
Spring
Shaft
Retaining pin

Production

Work order: cut steel tube to length
Operation: cut steel tube
Handling: move steel tube to welding station
Work order: fabricate base
Operation: laser cut sheet steel
Handling: move cut steel to forming station
Operation: form sheet steel
Handling: move formed base to welding station
Work order: weld tube to base
Work order: assembly operation

Handle from Inventory

Spring
Shaft
Retaining pin

Assembly Operations

put spring over shaft
place the shaft in tube base sub assembly
compress shaft and spring
insert pin in the end of the shaft

Production

Handling: send completed assembly to shipping department
Purchase Order: plating of the assembly
Operation: count assemblies
Operation: package assemblies
Operation: ship assemblies to the plating company
Receive: plated assembly
Handle to Inventory: plated assembly
Handle from Inventory: move from plated assembly to production line

Invoice Payment

Steel tube
Steel sheet
Spring
Shaft
Retaining Pin
Process invoice for plating

Production Overview

Total operations:  11
Times parts handled: 20
Purchase orders: 6
Work orders: 4
Invoices paid: 6
Minimum internal cost: $3.55 each (estimated)

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