Aerospace connector supplier needs to get back on track ​

Picture this...

You’re a connector company specializing in the field of high-performance wire, cable, and interconnect systems with products sold into the aerospace, wireless communications, optical networking, computer, and data communication industries. But you aren’t meeting your numbers due to defects in the manufacturing process. You’re dealing with 15-20% production scrap, late deliverables, poor quality, and missed operations. You need to get back on track—and you need help. ​

You turn to Accordion.

We partner with your team to:​

• Improve daily accountability in tracking safety, quality, delivery, and cost through daily meetings with each functional area, including the supply chain team and selective plating department.​
• Deploy 5 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt projects to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and improve quality in enterprise-wide processes. ​
• Leverage Kaizen Events to tackle preparation and planning issues, train and orient staff, and conduct current state and root cause analyses. ​
• Use 5S/6S workplace organization tactics to create a sustainable, controlled process that promotes safety, productivity, and quality ​

Your value is enhanced.

You successfully reduce the selective plating defects, improve enterprise-wide productivity and accountability, and save a total of $4.22M: ​

• Save $1.3M through defect reduction, improving your aerospace connector throughput by 40% ($780K). 
• Improve your overall OEE by more than double (saving $1.6M).​
• Generate $543K in cost savings through Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Projects. ​