Company:

AMP Incorporated - Electrical Connector Manufacturer

Objectives:

Determine the requirements to increase Earned Hours / Total Hours worked by 20% for 4 plating lines at the Hamilton Street Plating Process facility.

Results:

The existing process required 3 dedicated operators for each plating line. STC developed computer models of the existing process lines and identified the solution necessary to achieve the current and forecasted production requirements with fewer operators. The model indicated that the production requirements could be achieved by dedicating 1 operator for each plating line and using 5 floating operators to support any of the 4 plating lines. This resulted in an annual Labor Savings of $335,000.