Companies
DENSO
Date
September 7, 2023
Industry
Automotive
Problems Identified
- Adjustments (incl. manual) to machines are not always recorded, resulting in silent hard-to-find issues. - Collected downtime events are not very accurate. Often they rely on manual operator notes, but an operator running parts with a quota is not very incentivized to be detailed. - Quick replacement parts for machines. E.g. if a critical component goes down, they’ll pay 4x usual cost to get shipped immediately.
Role
Process Engineer
Summary
Val works on a condenser assembly line. 50% of his time is handling machine downtime on the line, 50% is taking on improvement projects.