Part Buyers Authority Issue #4

• Risk Management – understanding potential risks and having a plan to handle them. Preventing downtime means taking care of machines that break. • Continuous Improvement – systems in place to learn and improve from past project and mistakes. All in all Project Management provides the ability to increase flexibility while decreasing waste. There is a whole lot more to this industry than just fabulously large complex parts that work in the most demanding environments. Dysinger takes great pride in improving parts that operate better and safer for the workers that depend on their performance. Project Management The volatility in this industry makes forecasting, delivery, change orders, controlling project progress, and managing changing expectations – all that much harder. The only way to manage this complex process is with Project Management. Project management in manufacturing is what ultimately makes companies successful in this industry. Producing complex parts, to tight tolerances in a variety of materials—one at a time— takes careful coordination. But the benefits pay off for all parties in very quantifiable ways. • Progress tracking – being able to track and control a part’s progress quickly identifies potential delays and the steps to mitigate problems. perform additional machining, however when the industry gets tight, we may only be requested to perform one process. This is the type of flexibility required to perform well in this volatile industry. Additionally, being able to machine large parts as and when needed is key as in this industry changing production requirements are the name of the game. Reverse Engineering When production changes hands, it is not uncommon for patterns and drawings to be lost. We often find that requests to reverse engineer a part are not simply to replicate that part; rather to make that part better. Because of this both strong engineering skills alongside industry experience are required. Contact: GREG DYSINGER [email protected] 17 Visit partbuyersauthority.com t o SUBSCRIBE o r CONTRIBUTE as an author. This machine makes heat exchange material for refrigeration units as well as air conditioners. The original OEM was no longer available when it came time to put significantly more material into every air conditioner. With limited technical data and drawings, we reverse engineered this large machine to completely manufacture new and improved versions of this complex piece of equipment. We also built the patterns for the castings, manufactured all components, assembled and tested complete machines, ready for install at our customer’s facility. We worked hand-in-hand with our customer’s manufacturing team— working seamlessly together, just as the precision parts of the Spine Fin Machine do.