Case Study: United Gear and Assembly saves 12 man-hours per day and wins new business with Zontec Synergy 2000

United Gear and Assembly Uses Synergy to Bring in New Business

United Gear and Assembly, a 50-year-old precision gears and assemblies supplier, faced inefficient manual data collection and an underutilized SPC system that prevented fast analysis and customer-ready evidence of machine capability. The company had purchased Zontec’s Synergy 2000/SPC software (SynergySPC) but was not fully leveraging it to monitor processes, compare machine capability, or present real-time data to customers.

By fully implementing Zontec’s SynergySPC across the shop floor, United Gear and Assembly gained remote access, visual charts, run charts for tool-life management, and automated alerts. Zontec’s solution cut data-entry time from about 3.5 minutes to under 30 seconds, saved roughly 12 man-hours per day (over 3,000 hours per year), reduced non-conformities by about 20%, lowered scrap rates, improved tool-life budgeting and equipment decisions, and provided the capability evidence used to win new business.

United Gear and Assembly

Douglas Winfrey

Director of Quality