Hello,
I am a rookie business consultant and this is my first machine shop/job shop assignment. This particular shop wants to find a niche market concentrate on so they can get out of the 'job shop' business. My background is in plastic injection molding so naturally i suggested that market, but this shop doesn't have the equipment to do that.
Below I will describe the shop and their equipment:
Equipment
cnc milling
1-1997 fadal 40' by 20'
1-1992 tree vmc 40' by 20'
cnc lathe
1-1989 mazak 10a
grinding
5-ko lee surface grinders
1-moore jig grinder
1-Kikind Surface Grinder 12" X 40" table 12" height
1-Kent O.D. Grinder 9" I.D. 28" Ctr to Ctr
1-Shanniji I.D. Grinder 9" I.D. 20" Ctr to Ctr
edm
1-japax wire edm8" X 13" table 9" height
1-ARD M300 EDM RAM X: 12"Y: 6"Z: 6"
manual milling
1-1983 bridgeport track mill
2-bridgeports
1-Laguh Vertical Mill
manual lathes
1-Hercules Engine Lathe 10" swing 74" long
1-Clausing Engine Lathe 6" swing 30" long
Employees:
1-grinder in the grind room
1-cnc mill programmer/operater(also can operate cnc lathe)
1-cnc lathe programmer/operater
1-manual machinist(also can do basic cnc mill jobs if needed)
1-shop foreman(also operates edm's when needed)
1-secretary
1-part time engineer(retired)
1-full time inspecter(also does maintance on machinery when needed)
-Shop is a climate controlled 24,000sq/ft building with 6,000sq/ft being office space. The building will be paid off in six years.
-shop does not have pallet changers on the mills but they do set up production jobs to run at night-shop owner and foreman split duties coming in and changing parts-not the best system but they used to do the machinist playing on the internet during 3+hr cycle time thing....
-shop does a lot of fabrication(time and material) type work for a local factory
-other than that the shop is just a job shop for the industry
-shop utilizes E2 ShopTech system for routing/pricing
-shop uses virtual gibbs for cnc programming
-current shop rate is $65/hr.
If you guys have any ideas as to what type of market this shop can concentrate on with this type of equipment, please let me know. Also, if you want any more info please let me know and I will try and help you guys out.
Thanks guys,
Tiff*
I am a rookie business consultant and this is my first machine shop/job shop assignment. This particular shop wants to find a niche market concentrate on so they can get out of the 'job shop' business. My background is in plastic injection molding so naturally i suggested that market, but this shop doesn't have the equipment to do that.
Below I will describe the shop and their equipment:
Equipment
cnc milling
1-1997 fadal 40' by 20'
1-1992 tree vmc 40' by 20'
cnc lathe
1-1989 mazak 10a
grinding
5-ko lee surface grinders
1-moore jig grinder
1-Kikind Surface Grinder 12" X 40" table 12" height
1-Kent O.D. Grinder 9" I.D. 28" Ctr to Ctr
1-Shanniji I.D. Grinder 9" I.D. 20" Ctr to Ctr
edm
1-japax wire edm8" X 13" table 9" height
1-ARD M300 EDM RAM X: 12"Y: 6"Z: 6"
manual milling
1-1983 bridgeport track mill
2-bridgeports
1-Laguh Vertical Mill
manual lathes
1-Hercules Engine Lathe 10" swing 74" long
1-Clausing Engine Lathe 6" swing 30" long
Employees:
1-grinder in the grind room
1-cnc mill programmer/operater(also can operate cnc lathe)
1-cnc lathe programmer/operater
1-manual machinist(also can do basic cnc mill jobs if needed)
1-shop foreman(also operates edm's when needed)
1-secretary
1-part time engineer(retired)
1-full time inspecter(also does maintance on machinery when needed)
-Shop is a climate controlled 24,000sq/ft building with 6,000sq/ft being office space. The building will be paid off in six years.
-shop does not have pallet changers on the mills but they do set up production jobs to run at night-shop owner and foreman split duties coming in and changing parts-not the best system but they used to do the machinist playing on the internet during 3+hr cycle time thing....
-shop does a lot of fabrication(time and material) type work for a local factory
-other than that the shop is just a job shop for the industry
-shop utilizes E2 ShopTech system for routing/pricing
-shop uses virtual gibbs for cnc programming
-current shop rate is $65/hr.
If you guys have any ideas as to what type of market this shop can concentrate on with this type of equipment, please let me know. Also, if you want any more info please let me know and I will try and help you guys out.
Thanks guys,
Tiff*