Guidance Section – Honeywell, Sensor & Guidance Products
Challenges:
- Complex & difficult manual assembly with multiple electrical connections
- High component and assembly costs
- Extreme operating environment
Achievements:
- Major improvement in build quality
- Design team earned Honeywell Excellence In Design Award
- Reduced complexity of the product design and improved quality
- Reduced part count 50%
- Reduce number of operations 53%
- Reduced assembly time 53%
- Significant improvement in Total Product Costs
Hardened Computer
Challenges:
- Poor in-plant Quality – very costly to correct
- Complex, difficult assembly
Achievements:
- Total Annual Savings: $990K
- Reduced complexity of the product design and improved quality
- Reduced Cost of Quality 85%
- Reduced number of operations 94%
- Reduced labor cost 96%
- Reduced material cost 36%
- Reduced total product cost 44%
- Return on investment of $650K in 7.9 months
Transceiver
Challenges:
- Poor in-plant Quality
- Contract cancellation expected
- Complex, difficult electronic assembly
Achievements:
- Quality vastly improved; contract preserved
- Total contract revenue retained: $449 million
(Yes, that’s 449 million dollars) - Reduced complexity of the design and improved quality
- Reduced number of operations 84%
- Reduced labor cost 85%
- Reduced material cost 66%
- Reduced Cost of Quality 91%
- Reduced total product cost 78%
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