“Compete against perfection by identifying all waste and eliminating it”
Di-Spark Ltd constantly strive for improvement, efficiency and competitiveness. Manufacturing for the aerospace, defence, Formula 1, oil & gas and satellite industries, Di-Spark are at the sharp end of AS9100 precision aerospace machining in the UK, supplying a global customer base and managing a network of partners and high technology suppliers.
Precision Aerospace Machining Metrics – Measures for Improved Competitiveness
“You get what you measure” and “what gets measured, gets managed”
Constant improvement requires constant management, and Di-Spark review the following metrics as part of an ongoing improvement program.
- Floor space utilisation – smooth work flow
- Innovation & investment
- Stock turns – inventory management
- Employee training & development
- Added value – waste elimination
- Customer satisfaction
- Quality control
Using these metrics to monitor and enhance precision aerospace machining performance gives Di-Spark information to act upon in order to:
- enhance supply chain relations
- create smooth information flows
- drastically reduce waste
- highlight improvement opportunities.
“Everything is linked to everything else”
A balanced approach to precision aerospace machining
Operations
- Production cycle times
- Overall equipment effectiveness
- Total lead time
- Labour productivity
- Set-up times
- Distance traveled
Financial
- Sales per employee
- Return on capital employed
- Direct material as a % of sales
- Direct labour as a % of sales
- Economic value added
Quality
- Scrap and rework
- Product reliability
- Cost of quality
- No. of defects per unit
- Supplier quality levels
People
- Staff turnover
- Absenteeism
- Time lost due to accidents
- % of workforce cross-trained
- No. of certified skills per person
Support Services
- Order processing time
- Response times (customer service, engineering, IT help desk etc)
- Decision cycle time
- Invoice/payroll processing time
- % on-time maintenance service
Engineering & Design
- Compliance to customer specification
- No. of engineering changes post-design freeze
- % on-time drawing release
- % of total design time used for redesign
- Adherence to project schedule
