HRE Performance Wheels designs and manufactures forged aluminum alloy wheels for racing, performance & luxury cars and SUVs. Based in San Diego, California, HRE’s operations in their 30,000 square-foot factory cover everything from forging to powder coat painting in-house. The problem the employees were contending with was that the inner and outer rim sections of a wheelset were being sent separately to different stages of production—which would often cause some parts being misplaced. Some of them would be at the washing station while others, at the blasting station or the machining center. Read on to learn how HRE implemented a solution which would result in less time searching for lost parts and more efficiency when tracking orders.

1. TOOMUCHTIMESPENT
UNLOADING,LOADING,
ANDSEARCHING
FORPARTS
THEPROBLEM
Workerswouldbebatchingandstacking
onpalletsorplacingwheelcomponents
anywhereonsteelracking.
Wewerespendingalotoftimeloading
andunloadingpartstoshelving,
andwewerespendingconsiderabletime
searchingforparts
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Supervisor–HREPerformanceWheelsfactory
LESSUNNECESSARY
MOVEMENTSAND
MOREAVAILABLE
FLOORSPACE
THETAKEAWAY
It’sincredibletoseehowkittingcartswere
abletostreamlineoperations,drasticallycut
downonwastedtime,andexponentially
increaseproductivity.
LEADTIMEAND
ASSEMBLYFLOOR
SPACEREDUCEDBY50%
THERESULTS
Theproductionmanagernowsaves4hoursa
day.Thenewcartsofferbetterstaging,
betterflowandbetterordertracking.
Withone-pieceflowkittingcarts,50% ofthe
floorspacehasbeenrecovered,allowingthe
qualitycontrolstation,theassemblyline,and
thepackagingspacestobeclosertogether.
AKITTINGCART
FOREACHORDER
THESOLUTION
Eachorderhaditsblackkittingcart,creating
aone-piecefloweffectinthefactory.
Redkittingcartswerededicatedtorush
ordersforclientspayingtherushfee.
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50%
LEADTIME
REDUCTION
50%
SAVED
FLOORSPACE
25%
REDUCTION
OFWIP
65
KITTINGCARTS
BUILT
HOWHREPERFORMANCEWHEELS
REDUCEDITSASSEMBLYFLOORSPACE
ANDLEADTIMEBY50%
CASESTUDY
HREPerformanceWheelsdesignsandmanufacturesforgedaluminumalloywheelsforracing,
performance&luxurycarsandSUVs.ReadontolearnhowHREimplementedasolutionwhich
wouldresultinlesstimesearchingforlostpartsandmoreefficiencywhentrackingorders.