Bruce Towns Engineering has long adopted Lean practices to realise quality outcomes that meet performance standards with minimum effort and wastage.

With each new client or major new project our process begins with understanding the issues or challenges that define high performance, and progress towards delivering components that meet the brief precisely.

The following chart steps through the stages of this process, and explain how each step brings us closer to an optimum solution for every client’s needs.

problem / opportunity review

understand the business issues and desired outcomes that will drive long-term customer value

pilot project

identify and understand the function of complex components for initial piloting of systems

fabrication design analysis

assess existing component design and identify opportunities for optimum quality/efficiency balance

fabrication design refinement

provide feedback ranging from verbal guidance to detailed CAD drawings for optimum fabrication design

prototyping

fabricate prototype using manual systems to provide working prototype for performance assessment

performance assessment

assess prototype performance (e.g. stress-test) and agree final refinements to automated production design

automated production

implement ITMS production management protocols to integrate computerised fabrication, materials management and stock tracking process

design upgrade

initiate a new round of analysis, refinement, prototyping, assessment and automation to achieve increased performance with greater efficiency