Case Study: Exotic Metals Forming achieves 20:1 ROI, 25% less overtime and major efficiency gains with ShopVue

Aerospace Manufacturer Experiences Exponential Growth

Exotic Metals Forming, a rapidly growing aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Kent, WA, faced challenges scaling its workforce and retaining talent while operating with fragmented, paper-based shop floor systems. To gain real-time visibility and modernize operations, Exotic selected ShopVue as its full-suite manufacturing execution system (MES) provider.

ShopVue implemented five core modules—time & attendance, shop activity/labor, direct machine interface, graphical sequencing, and management reporting—giving supervisors and operators instant access to attendance, labor and machine metrics. The ShopVue deployment eliminated multiple systems and paper processes, improved labor efficiency and machine utilization, and delivered measurable impact: a 20:1 return on investment, a 25% reduction in overtime, millions of dollars saved annually, and the ability to manage over 1,400 employees (224,000 labor hours/month) and more than 16,000 monthly production orders.

Exotic Metals Forming

Jeff Eaton

Director of Business Processes