Assembly - November 2008 - (Page 26) 2008 Assembly Plant of the Year portfolio, and this serves as an important aspect of the complete IBM solution,” claims Boldrin. “Servers range from several hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars per order. As such, each order has the potential to represent a substantial impact on the company’s financial performance. Given the revenue implications associated with each and every order, this plant operates with complete focus on having an order shipped on-time with superior quality, at a cost which represents value to our customers.” Customer-Driven Assembly The Poughkeepsie plant currently builds four major types of machines and 25 basic models. Each unit is about the same size as two coin-operated soda machines placed side-by-side. The relatively unassuming black boxes measure approximately 72 inches tall, 40 inches deep and 36 inches wide. But, no two machines on the assembly line are exactly alike, due to customer specifications. Every machine No two machines on the assembly line are exactly alike, due to unique customer specifications Manufacturing is colocated with hardware development labs. “This is important, because we’re able to act as one team—development, manufacturing and engineering—in terms of bringing new products to market at the frequency required to compete and lead in this market segment,” says Warren Boldrin, manager of advanced manufacturing sciences. “We are responsible for a significant portion of the hardware in IBM’s Send Your Automatic Feed Screwdriver Into a Feeding Frenzy. 20 yrs.of building on any brands of screwdrivers World's simplest screw feeding system with only one moving part US based company 5 US Patents Adjustable torque; variable RPM's 26 ASSEMBLY / November 2008 www.assemblymag.com Asb04084design.indd 1 3/10/08 2:39:40 PM 1607 Norfolk Place SW Conover, NC 28613 800 948 1038 designtoolinc.com sales@designtoolinc.om Just Add Screws DESIGN TOOL INC. http://www.designtoolinc.com http://www.designtoolinc.com http://www.assemblymag.com
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