| ORGANIZATIONAL
INFORMATION |
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| Company |
Grand Rapids Spring & Wire Products, Inc.
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| Location |
Grand Rapids - United States. |
| Company
Contact |
Jim Zawacki, President |
| Source
of Reference |
Management Accounting/February 1995, pp 26-32
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| Sales
|
$12,000,000 |
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| IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION |
| Name |
Grand Rapids Spring & Wire Products, Inc. |
| Location |
Grand Rapids, MI
United States |
| Industry
Segment |
Automotive |
| Revenue |
$12,000,000 |
| Number
of employees |
100 |
| Area |
Production |
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Implementation Date |
1991 |
| Markets
and Company Share |
70% sales to Automotive, 30% to appliance, furniture and electronic industries. |
| Products |
Compression, extension and torsion springs; |
| WHAT
WAS DONE? |
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| TOC
Applications |
DBR |
| Software
implemented |
None |
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| RESULTS
OF IMPLEMENTATION |
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| IMPLEMENTATION
RESULTS |
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| Revenue
Increase |
Increased 100% |
| Inventory
Decrease |
Reduced 30% |
On-time
performance
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| From |
60% |
| To |
95% |
| Percent
improvement |
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| Brief
summary |
On-time
deliveries have improved from a dismal 60% to 95%; inventories have
decreased 30% while sales have doubled; cost of quality has dropped from
6% to less than 3.5%
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