Manufacturers of Screw Machined Products
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In this month's newsletter, we will
focus on the positive changes going on here at Avanti as it relates to "going
lean" in the shop and tightening up our processes to become more efficient. For
the last several weeks, management has been busy evaluating possible plant
improvements. Setup reduction, improve running efficiency, coming up with cost
savings ideas and work-flow improvements to achieve customer goals are the
priority. As many are aware, the screw machine, especially the multiple spindle
machines, such as Davenport & Acme Gridley machines, require conventionally
made tools. Various speed gears and cams, which control speed and feed rates of
RPM & tools like "form tools", "shave tools", "drills", "reamers" and
"threading". Setup on these machines from job to job, due to all the various
tools and attachments, is timely and easily affects a company's ability to
perform and improve on time delivery.
Avanti is continuously making
improvements to better our scheduling of equipment, pre job preparation, and
more capable setup support. Improved PM (preventive maintenance) programs, not
only improve our setup time but also keep our equipment in better condition. This allows for higher efficiency job runs with less downtime at higher PPM. Our commitment to this constant internal evaluation continues to improve our on
time delivery and quality performance!
Work in this field is an ever
changing environment. Customer commitment's are less and their quality
standards, higher. Avanti Engineering, Inc.personnel have the experience and
the ability to perform difficult tasks on machines which were never designed to
handle the newer and higher quality conscious parts. As I mentioned above,
this is vital to survive a much different manufacturing world. You have my
commitment that we will do our best to provide continuous improvements, to
better supply our customers needs! I would like our customers and prospects to
remember that "firm delivery dates" on P.O.S, play a extremely
large role in our ability to schedule our equipment and improve
"in house" performance and improved on time delivery! the resulting
longer customer commitments, equals reduced cost across the board for everyone!
The next time you place an order, remember to ask, "Is there a price reduction
for blanket orders with firm releases?"
In addition:
Avanti has formed a
new EngineeringRoundtable Layout Committee. These individuals will include, the
Engineering Manager John Gaberek, Plant Manager Apolonio Esquivel and at least
one setup man from the respective department. (I.e. Davenport, CNC, Acme
Gridley). They will discuss and dissect "first time runs". Their goal: To put
together the most efficient and productive manufacturing layout. This
will provide a more thought out, expeditious setup process, for a more
aggressive approach, to produce faster and precise results.
Thanks for reading news about
Avanti Engineering, Inc. My intent is to keep the news about real topics which
we can all relate too. AS always, if you have any ideas or topics you would
like me to cover, please email me. I will try to address these ideas in future
newsletters. Thank you for your business
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| Material Impacts Report - April 2010 |
Through the Roof!
 Prices of raw materials used to make precision machined products are up substantially, from 44% to 114% from March 2009 - March 2010 for 6 of the 7 materials we track. Low inventories, increasing demand and idled production facilities are among the factors involved here in North America, as are the historic iron ore agreement and continued high demand in China. Fuel price increases also impact freight, which is an important factor in our business. We will not be shocked to see monies paid for steel in May to be $80 per ton higher than they were in April based on already announced price increases and the current price on busheling. Read More |
 | Steel Surcharge Letter May 2010
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Steel Part | The prime scrap required to produce special bar quality steel continues to be in short supply, resulting in a May scrap surcharge of $16.25 cwt. A manganese surcharge of $0.46 cwt. will continue to be applied to all grades of steel.Read entire letter from our vendor.
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Screw Machine Part | Here's what our customers are saying!
"I've partnered with Avanti Engineering for many years in both distributor / manufacturer partner roles. Avanti has been a key partner on many precision machined parts and is a quality organization with competitive pricing. Unlike many, they have the ability to produce unique & complex per-print items with predictable, on-time deliveries. "
"Avanti has been a supplier for 12 plus years and there quality is excellent there PPM for the last three years is 21 = .0021% and the on time performance is very good at 98% on time."
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As always thank you for your business and your interest
in Avanti Engineering, Inc. and for taking the time to stay in touch
with us by reading this newsletter. If you have any suggestions for
improving our newsletter by including additional specific information
please let me know. Thanks again!
Best Regards,
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