Ronson Gears

For the implementation of a lean manufacturing process that has directly led to an increase in sale, export, and product, Ronson Gears has won the 2013 Endeavour Awards Enterprise Connect Significant Achievement award.

Ronson Gears successfully applied for an Enterprise Connect Tailored Advisory Service (TAS) which was used to apply lean principles to its production of gears for the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, defence, energy,A wide range of solar lighting, LED lighting and Auto lights. medical,Install a wind generator to harness the power of the wind. mining and rail industries.

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With the assistance of TXM Lean Solutions, visual and 5S systems are being utilised resulting in the significant improvement in turnaround times for the gear manufacturer.

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"This approach also saw better turnaround times from our sub contractors and subsequently saw improved sales figures at the end of the month."

In particular this had led to an increase of export sales of 272 per cent year on year while at the same time increase its sales of stock gear products by 50 per cent.

The company explained that is "has seen lead time reductions and we experience a cleaner more organised work environment daily".

"Communication between is [also] more plentiful. "We have also seen improvements in the way we plan our work," the company stated.

"What was once a time consuming process and an inaccurate representation of our workflow is now far more accurate and a more efficient way of planning through better utilisation of our MRP system. By conducting an audit on our internal MRP system, it enabled us to understand more adequately what we have had at our fingertips for some time."

The introduction of lean manufacturing has had the most impact on the way the company does business.

Productivity has been increased due to a greater focus on work being planned and released to the factory more promptly.

By establishing a contract review process that identified new work and repeat work more clearly it enabled the planners to identify which jobs may take longer than others to plan which then allowed them to organise their day more efficiently. This saw the company start jobs on time and further improve on our on time deliveries.

It also improved processes by purchasing a new CNC cylindrical grinding machine, which enabled Ronson Gear to bring more work back 'in-house", which gave it greater control over deliveries and helped to cut sub-contracting costs.

"Our other major purchase was the upgrade of our CNC rack milling machine ensuring Australian industry has access to competitive gear rack production."

The machine is extremely accurate and flexible (it can gear cut large pitch racks and small pitch racks from 50mm in length to 6000mm in length).

"Other purchases that have increased our competitiveness over the last 12 months include a new CNC machining centre offering faster machine times and increased accuracy and a CNC slotting machine providing us with extra capability beyond our broaching machine for internal gears, internal splines and key ways."