True or false: A few clicks of a mouse can ensure zero-defect manufacturing as well as—if not better than—using the right fastener, adhesive or welding process. Increasingly, manufacturers of all sizes are answering “true.”
One such company is TS Tech Americas Inc., a Tier 1 supplier of seats and door panels to U.S.-based Honda plants. It has used Tutelar Technologies Inc.’s Ujigami software since 2008 to drive zero defects. This high level of performance enabled TS Tech Americas’ parent company, TS Tech Co. Ltd., to earn the No. 1 ranking for seat quality in the 2012 J.D. Power & Associates U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction Survey. Equally important, the software increases plant productivity by 12 to 15 percent and significantly lessens waste.