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
continued
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.
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