Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation Leverages Paper-Less To Improve Their Manufacturing Process
Established in 1941, Allied has a history of exceeding customer expectations with innovative technologies and products and serves all facets of manufacturing, including aerospace, defense, agriculture, automotive, heavy equipment, general machining, machine tool, mining, petrochemical, energy, renewable energy, structural steel, tool and die and water treatment industries.
The Challenge: A Highly Competitive Global Market
To maintain their edge in the highly competitive world market, Allied partnered with Paper-Less, LLC to achieve optimum levels of efficiency throughout their manufacturing process. Allied has benefitted from time savings, increased labor reporting accuracy, better material lot control, minimized inventory errors, and reduced scrap and re-cut processes. Allied reports numerous ongoing benefits from using Paper-Less as described in this case study.
Improved Labor Reporting
“There are several areas where tracking and reporting have been made significantly easier,” explains Jennifer Horner, Project Manager for Allied. “For example, labor reporting is much more reliable. More accurate data has allowed us to focus attention and resources on problem areas to improve our performance. Paper-Less has increased intra-departmental communications and simplified communication overall.”
Increased Inventory Accuracy