Camshafts
OVERVIEW
Camshafts is one of the most important components which precisely operates the Rocker arm and Tappet valve movement to timely manage all the 04 strokes required for combustion of Engine.
It’s a Casting part which is machined in very tight precision tolerances here in India and exported to Spain.
Paper Tube with VCI & Bubble bag is traditionally used combination for final dispatch packaging of camshafts in Master Corrugated box.
CHALLENGE
Convincing the camshaft manufacturer Sourcing team that traditional Paper tube packaging method has some limitations and we can improvise the complete supply chain was the basic challenge.
Once the opportunity was given to participate and present a proposal for improvement by customers’ management team; we understood the existing supply chain process in detail from In-ward stores to Container stuffing and End customer line Feeding.
We identified and Surfaced the below-mentioned Problems which were ignored or pushed away in day to day activity:
SOLUTION
Plastic Buffer for safe camshaft packaging & direct Engine assembly line feeding for the end customer.
RESULT