Case Study: Weir Minerals reduces manufacturing lead times with 42Q

Weir Minerals reduces manufacturing lead times by 30% with 42Q

Weir Minerals, a provider of engineered solutions for the global mining industry, faced the challenge of providing spare parts to customers in ever-shorter lead times to ensure high equipment uptime. To meet this need across its 12 geographically dispersed plants, the company required a system to mine operational data for insights and a partner to support a global deployment. They selected vendor 42Q and implemented its MES, specifically the Digital Factory Xcelerator, at a facility in Salt Lake City.

The solution from 42Q was implemented in six weeks and then rolled out across all global plants. The results were significant, including a 30% reduction in manufacturing lead times and a 10% improvement in on-time delivery. Furthermore, the implementation increased foundry throughput by 53%, reduced WIP inventory by 37%, and improved first pass yield from 90% to 99.1%.

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