Case Study: Wenger Manufacturing boosts on-time delivery and profitability with Synchrono Adaptive Manufacturing

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. - Customer Case Study

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., an engineer-to-order manufacturer of commercial extrusion systems in Sabetha, Kansas, needed better control over production capacity, shorter cycle times, and a more stable way to manage daily change orders across about 1,500 work orders on the floor. The company had tried several software options before choosing Synchrono Manufacturing Software and its Adaptive Manufacturing software, now called SyncManufacturing, because the ERP scheduling tools they had used did not provide the visibility or flexibility they needed.

With Synchrono Manufacturing Software’s dynamic scheduling and execution capabilities, Wenger Manufacturing was able to respond to shop-floor changes minute by minute, prioritize urgent orders, and better align materials, labor, and capacity. The results were significant: on-time delivery improved from 40% to 95%+, stockouts of stocked parts fell by 25%, work-in-process dropped by 15% in the first few months, and the company returned to profitability for the first time in three years.

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.

Brad Wenger

VP of Manufacturing