An Overview of the Corporation

Vaupell, Inc.

Providers of advanced, integrated solutions to select customers in niche Medical, Aerospace, Defense, Electronics and Transportation markets. Headquartered in Seattle, WA

5 U.S. facilities, 1 China facility515 employees$85 million sales

Subsidiary of

Corporate Overview

Corporate OfficesSeattle, WA

Molding Facilities Seattle, WAConstantine, MIAgawam, MASanger, TXShenzhen, ChinaTooling CentersConstantine, MIAgawam, MASanger, TXShenzhen, ChinaRapid SolutionsHudson, NHPrecision MachiningAgawam, MA

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AerospaceMedicalCommercialProprietary

Markets

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Weakness IdentifiedLeading to Kaizen

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Team Members• Ben Longley• Kevin Bozich• Russ Seitz• Scott Cottage• Tracy Snow• Sandy Palmer• Jim Berett

Scheduling KaizenOctober 14-16, 2009

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Kaizen Goals

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System Requirements:

•Available Hours by W/C and Dept.•Ability to do a manual override•Sequence based on criteria – Longest LT, Shortest LT, FIFO, Critical Ratio, Earliest Due Date•Import/export to/from Fourth Shift – BOM’s, LT for materials, machine changes, s/u times•Capacity / Availability / ATP •Net vs. Re-gen•OTV Capacity (vendor capacity)•Status reports / visibility•How to handle Inside LT orders•Min Order / Lot Size

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•Family tool ID – Parts that need to run together•Calculate required resources•Smoothing algorithm•Lock “what-if” or planned orders until higher level comes over from Fourth Shift and replaces it.•Drag and Drop rescheduling•Can we have multiple line numbers for one work order number•Comment field or some way to note vendor PO for outside processing.•Can it handle Kanban items?•Update capacity required based on labor applied or % complete?•Can it calculate linearity or adherence to schedule?

System Requirements

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Implementation Plan