Casino
work
awarded
neer can also be fed
into H&W’s Access
program.
Bertram says that
changes in ongoing
projects can easily
be made. For example, if drawings have
not been approved
by the customer, he
can expand the overall schedule.
Herrick & White
earned an AWI
Award of Excellence
for its work at Junior’s
Restaurant at MGM Grand
at Foxwoods, a casino
and resort in Ledyard,
Conn. Luaun, Duralam and
other materials were used
to make panels for the
project, which included
bars, booths, wait stations
and lunch counters. A
large canopy was made
with kerfed Foamcore and
spiral tubes from Shapes
Unlimited. H&W is also
certified for every AWI
category.
“It allows us to
keep our manufacturing planning up-to-date,” he says. “We’re addressing schedule changes sooner in the process. That includes lead times
for materials.”
If workflow is uneven, the production scheduler will try
to level that work out. “It allows us to maneuver and level our
capacity,” Bertram says.
H&W can also track profitability of each job while it is
in progress, and of the company as a whole. A list of jobs in
progress with the bid amount and how much has been spent
to do the work so far helps identify problems before they are
too late to correct.
“We can compare labor on any specific manufacturing order, plus our material budgets. That gives us a more specific
version of how we’re progressing on a job.”
Anderson Exxact Plus dual-table machining center cuts shaped parts
such as curved mouldings.
Canopy for a bar at the MGM
Grand at Foxwoods in
Connecticut was part of a
project recognized by AWI.
addition, a report gener-
ated out of Access shows
the contract amount and the
amount billed on the job. It
also gives a cost-to-date num-
ber, so Bertram can look at a
job that has billed $235,000,
and has cost $207,000 to date,
for example. “This gives me a
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rth
Toy
o.
Herrick & White’s North
Pole Toy Co. is a
volunteer effort to
make toys for needy
kids at Christmas. Children
of employees come into
the shop for a special day
to help paint and decorate
the toys. The Woonsocket
Police Dept. recognized
this effort.
