Customer Challenge Many of Acme’s customers encounter cost pressures as they strive to stay competitive in their markets.  Since most OEM’s products have more than 50% of their costs generated by the material, parts, and assemblies they purchase, they are very dependent on their supply chain to not only control their costs, but also find...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge An existing customer was encountering problems procuring a peripheral piece of equipment that was required for shipment with their own product.  If the assembly was not available when needed, the customer could not ship as required to their customers.  Unable to influence the company that made the peripheral equipment to deliver to their...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge Veterans in the oil and gas industry wanted to launch a new company providing service parts for that industry.  While they had expertise in the application of the service parts, they needed a strategic partner to help them develop drawings and manufacturing processes for the many parts that would make up a whole...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge An OEM customer was limiting its growth because it was focused on maintaining its current parts and was not able to apply enough time to new parts and projects. When orders came in over their capacity, the OEM outsourced to suppliers who needed significant support from them to supply engineered processes and material...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge A start-up company offering high-pressure flow control equipment used in oil and gas applications had to develop a strategy for manufacturing its products.  The company’s management need to answer the question: “Should we use available human and capital resources to vertically integrate our own manufacturing facility, or utilize a strategic partner?” The decision...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge An OEM that produced very large equipment machined its own complex, precision parts, but realized that although it had a world-class product it did not have a world-class machining operation.  The OEM’s analysis of their business highlighted the tradeoffs they faced:  invest capital into upgrading their machine tools and manufacturing organization or put...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge When an ACME customer introduced a new product family into the market, it found that demand far exceeded capacity of the supply base. Our customer knew that a substantial amount of additional business could be generated if availability of the product family could be increased. The part family required precision machining of large...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge ACME provides precision machining of power cylinders for a manufacturer of heavy equipment used in petroleum pipeline management.  After machining by ACME, these power cylinders proceed to another supplier who provides plating and honing services.  After honing, the supplier took measurements of the main bore to a mounting face, and found that the...Continue reading→

Customer Challenge As a result of an ongoing and successful relationship, one of Acme’s oil and gas customers referred our company to its division that manufactures products used in drilling applications. A great supplier was needed to provide the capacity required for the division’s growth and fulfillment of year-end commitments. BEYOND PRECISION SOLUTION Acme quickly gathered...Continue reading→