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PROBLEM:
J&L Fiber Services was experiencing high production costs due to lost productivity caused by excessive machine downtime. Factors that contributed to the majority of difficulties were:
■ Reactive maintenance accounted for nearly 100% of all maintenance activities being performed
■ Lack of preventive and proactive maintenance
■ Maintenance procedures were not tracked providing no
historical activities
■ Repetitive machine failures were not addressed
■ Maintenance was not a core competency

THE ATS SOLUTION:
Advanced Technology Services (ATS) went to work to implement a sustainable solution to help J&L Fiber Services achieve their business goals of delivering focused reliable manufacturing solutions to their customers.

■ Monitored preventive and proactive procedures through work order management to reduce amount of reactive job orders
■ Performed root cause analysis on machines experiencing repetitive failures reducing repair time and improving manufacturing costs
■ Implemented and reviewed preventive maintenance procedures
■ Provided continuous improvement solutions through Six Sigma implementation
■ Drove data, fact –based maintenance solution



Bottom Line:
ATS helped J&L Fiber record their lowest machine downtime on record. Using teamwork, ATS and J & L Fiber Services implemented and have maintained programs that have proved successful.

■ Increased overall machine availability to 99.7%
■ Reduced scrap by 38%
■ Implemented a continuous improvement environment
■ Documented the lowest machine downtime hours on record
■ Achieved and maintained 100% PM compliance

“ATS has improved key machine uptime at J&L and enable us to focus on improving efficiency and throughput. ATS has also been able to repair many hard-to-find components that would have had key equipment down for prolonged periods of time.”
- Mike Hoffmann, Director of Operations
J&L Fiber Services