Miller Welding and Machine Manages Growth with Less Manpower

The year was 1963. The Dodgers, behind the arm of Sandy Koufax, beat the defending champion Yankees for the World Series, while the first Super Bowl wouldn’t be played for another four years. The astronaut, Gordon Cooper, became the first human to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to fly there alone. And, there wasn’t a single Toyota to be found anywhere in the United States. A new America was in transition, maturing in the age of postwar prosperity. It was also the year David Miller opened the doors to the Miller Welding and Machine Company (MWM).

Today, over four decades later, David still opens the doors to the shop, usually showing up before his wife, his five children and five grandchildren who also work there alongside him. With three generations of Millers involved in the day-to-day functions of the company, the family maintains a solid foundation of American working tradition, while also (more…)

Wilshire Precision Proves the Long Term Advantage of Using Global Shop Solutions ERP Software

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Fast and Flexible Customer Resource

To compete in an ever-widening global economy, manufacturers today must be proactive. Shortened lead times and reduced margins mean that, more and more, customers are looking for shops that respond to their changing needs—and quickly. Global Shop has helped Wilshire become a fast and flexible resource for their customers. With Global Shop’s real-time data displays, Wilshire can make changes to orders on the fly and without delay, relaying those changes throughout the shop with the touch of a button.

Tom points out that this is one of the main reasons for Wilshire’s competitive edge in the marketplace. “One thing we really like about Global Shop is that when we are quoting a job, we’re able to take the estimate and the work that’s created on the order entry and merge the two together as a work order—it happens within milliseconds. And, if there’s any modifications in the work order while the job is running, we can go back into the original estimate and be able to make changes there—dimensional changes, add-on inspection points, and so forth—it’s all there for the next time we run the job.”

The flexibility that Global Shop brings to Wilshire is a plus for their IT staff. Having the capability to not only process orders, but to provide on-going controls for both the database and the department functions means that IT has much more time for proactive technology innovations that lead to efficiencies. Dana Ullerich, who handles IT at Wilshire, praises the synergy provided throughout the plant by the Global Shop system. “Global Shop is great because it interconnects the whole shop as the central communication point for all of us here. Everything’s related, everything’s connected. While some shops are using completely different systems for (more…)

Wilshire Precision Proves the Long Term Advantage of Using Global Shop Solutions ERP Software

When Wilshire Precision opened their doors for business in 1954, they could not have imagined the manufacturing software tools that they use today. For Wilshire President Tom Lewis, this is the bottom line: “The two main things that our customers care most about are the quality of the part and the fact that it’s there on time. Since implementing Global Shop Solutions, Wilshire’s grown 1,200% with 99.4% on-time delivery and a quality rating that is close to near-perfect.”

Through decades of machine shop demands in times of war and peace, as improvements in shop floor management occurred, Wilshire was quick to adapt to the changes necessary to always keep a step ahead of their competition. Today, Wilshire is a prime government and private industry contractor for high quality aviation and automotive parts, as well as critical research and development projects. They have proven their mettle as a machine shop that continually exceeds customer expectations.

Of course, in manufacturing “exceeding customer expectations” is much easier said than done—especially when your operation has grown as extensively as Wilshire’s. From what was once a small general machine shop in the 1950’s and 1960’s, the company is now a (more…)