Decrease Budget Without Consequences to Production

VALVE MANUFACTURER

19.08.2025

CHALLENGE

A high-end drag valve manufacturer, faced with increasing competition from overseas, required all departments to cut their budget by 15%. How could the tool crib accomplish that without having a negative impact on the production department? How could they guarantee that the correct tool would be used on each and every job to reduce scrap on their very expensive parts?

SOLUTION

The company evaluated their tools and items and found that 20% of the items drove 80% of the transactions at the tool crib window. Three Landwell Systems point-of-use Locker were added, for complete locked-down control of these fast-moving round tools and inserts. With over 1,300 employees in production, the Landwell Systems are issuing over 18,000 items per month and Landwell Systems is managing over 1,600 SKUs with Landwell Systems software. The company can access automatic reports on usage, and usage is easily controlled by item and employee.

RESULT

With Landwell Systems Software and Locker, employees have limited access to items per job. Users simply input their job number and are restricted to only approved items and tools.

Tool usage was reduced by 30%.
The company achieved a 10% reduction in scrapped parts by incorporating the Landwell Systems job access control module.