Does your metalcasting operations take the longer view? What I mean by the longer view is "doing things right the first time?" Metalcasting by it's very nature is fraught with opportunities for doing things wrong. Quality castings with low scrap rates are the result of doing things right.
In my personal life, in business dealings, daily work, and also when I was cutting my teeth at a real foundry, I've always strived to take the longer view and do things right from square one. I was reminded this today from a posting on LinkedIn regarding time I spent working for H. Ross Perot at EDS - Electronic Data systems. Ross was a huge mentor and factor in my life. The entire company worked together as a team to meet the customer demands and make the company money by doing things right the first time.
By taking the longer view, one examines the "end goal" and how to get there and also the ramifications of taking short cuts. Short cuts might work once or twice, but in the end, the time spent doing it right would have made the short cuts unncessary.
Software, such as Synchro ERP, can make a huge difference in metalcasting operations by allowing the leaders, managers, and workers to "take the longer view" and "do things right - the first time". Little things like having accurate and updated job instructions can insure a quality casting is delivered to your customer. Also, scrap control. Scrap drives me insane! Scrap is the direct result of either taking short cuts or not doing things right. Scrap is "lost revenue" that can never be recovered. I liken scrap to that empty airline seat as the plane pulls away from the gate. Once the doors are closed, the seat-belts fastened, and the trays in the upright and locked position; that empty seat is lost revenue that can never ever be recovered.
The "WORST" example I can think of in not doing things right was the steel division at the foundry I worked at. The actual motto - the "Mission Statement" was to "Do Things Right the First Time". Unfortunately, this was just a "motto" that barely got lip service. The final pour before the division was shuttered was WRONG. A medallion was being poured as a token of the final pour. Unfortunately, they couldn't even get that right. The date stamp indicating final pour date was WRONG!
The Synchro ERP software solution will make a positive difference on your metalcasting operations and ultimately your bottom line. Write it down, mark it, circle it, high-light it; because it is an absolute truth. Get in touch with me and let me give you the grand tour of what it is all about.
A few pictures to leave you with from the recent AFS Texas fund raising golf outing. Synchro ERP supports the Texas AFS and in turn, the Texas AFS supports education. Supporting education is "taking the longer view" and "doing things right"!
