Case Study: Howard S. Cooke & Company Ltd. achieves real-time shop‑floor visibility and improved efficiency with Sanderson Unity

How successful firm Howard S Cooke latched onto the benefits of Sanderson manufacturing software

Howard S. Cooke & Company Ltd., a near-century-old manufacturer of adjustable fasteners based in Redditch, faced slow, error-prone manual shop-floor data collection and needed better resource planning, costing accuracy and on-time order delivery. To address this, the company selected Sanderson’s Unity manufacturing application to improve real-time data capture and overall shop-floor visibility.

Sanderson configured a tailored Unity Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) module and integrated Unity with automated storage carousels, enabling real-time data, accurate labour costing, simpler payroll and job-data capture, reduced paperwork and quicker identification of bottlenecks. The Sanderson solution improved shop-floor efficiency and customer service, helped Howard S. Cooke & Company Ltd. supply orders on time, and allowed the business to expand within existing premises without adding staff.