During a period of rapid growth, Curtis Industries, a manufacturer of snow plows and cab enclosures for utility vehicles, had made some decisions “on the fly” when locating machinery and materials on the shop floor.
OperaTIONAL EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY REALIZED
The Challenge
The Solution
The MassMEP worked with Curtis in the areas of… quality, systemic continuous improvement, and workforce development.
Eventually this resulted in operational inefficiencies and quality issues, leading to potential lost customers, lost revenue and employee frustration.
Mass MEP worked with Curtis in meeting the demand of product evolution, increase and diversify customer base, trained their workforce, and made improvements to efficiency by increasing flow and reducing waste
9001 ISO
Certification
$1.5 Million
In Retained Sales
$21.5k
In Cost Savings For Finishing Goods Inventory
1428
Doubled Finished Goods Inventory
WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT US
"While we did experience the macroeconomic declines in 2009, we were able to flex the organization as needed to remain fiscally solvent. This was in a large part because we had implemented some continuous improvement activities."
Gabor Hajos,
Vice President of Operations
About Curtis Industries
Curtis Industries, a manufacturer of snow plows and cab enclosures for utility vehicles, had made some decisions “on the fly” when locating machinery and materials on their shop floor. Eventually this resulted in operational inefficiencies and quality issues, leading to potential lost customers, lost revenue and employee frustration. The company recognized the need to manage their growth more effectively by implementing top-to-bottom quality and continuous improvement programs.
With MassMEP
MassMEP worked with Curtis in meeting the demand of product evolution, increase and diversify customer base, trained their workforce, and made improvements to efficiency by increasing flow and reducing waste. During a period of rapid growth, Curtis Industries, a manufacturer of snow plows and cab enclosures for utility vehicles, had made some decisions “on the fly” when locating machinery and materials on the shop floor. Eventually this resulted in operational inefficiencies and quality issues, leading to potential lost customers, lost revenue and employee frustration.
- quality, systemic continuous improvement, and workforce development
- $21.5k Reduced finished goods inventory
- 1428 Doubled finished goods inventory