ST. LOUIS - Emerson Motor Technologies is setting new
delivery standards with its on-demand production processes at the company’s
Customer Service Center in Southaven, Miss. Motors produced on the new Ready
Line for integral-horsepower motors, and the FastFlex Line for
fractional-horsepower motors, are built on demand as individual customer orders
are received. Both lines offer turnaround times of two days or less, the
company said.
“We listened to our customers’ needs and completely changed
our business model to meet those needs,” said Ken Poczekaj, president of
Emerson Industrial Motors. “Our customers wanted shorter lead times, fast
access to a broader range of motors, and reduced inventory requirements. To
meet these challenges we developed a Lean Enterprise Process, with production
based on actual demand rather than a forecast.”
“The traditional process in our industry has always been to
forecast demand, manufacture to that forecast, then wait for your customers to
order, hoping you guessed right,” said Scott Nieberle, vice president of sales
and marketing, Emerson Industrial Motors. “When a customer wanted a motor that
wasn’t in stock, the lead time was several weeks at best. The Ready Line has
changed all that.”
On the new line, fractional-horsepower motors are produced
on-demand in as little as 24 hours, the company said. Custom nameplates are
generated and affixed, rotation can be reversed, and packaging can be
customized. The FastFlex Line has a capacity of 400 motors per hour.
For more information, visit www.emersonmotors.com.
Publication date:06/11/2007