Customer Case Study #6

Company Name:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Location:

• Petaluma, CA (USA)

Product / Processes:

• Manufactures disposable pipette tips, tubes and other supplies used in laboratory research
• Part production, manufacturing support, tooling, maintenance, packaging and warehousing

Number of Machines:

• 200+

Problems:

• Losing experienced molders to retirement or industry change
• Maintaining a high-performing workforce
• Proprietary equipment runs high-cavitation tooling with complex operator interfaces

Solutions:

• Structured Ongoing Training:
• Interactive training
• Simulation software
• Focused on-the-job training exercises

Number of Employees Involved:

• 140

Immediate Improvements:

• Further developing the skills of existing employees
• Provide all machine operators with the same skills covering the diversity of machines in operation
• Eliminate any issues when someone is out sick or out on vacation

Future Improvements:

• Higher operator efficiency
• More operator empowerment
• Lower scrap rates
• Reduced mold damage
• Increased first-pass yield

Would you Recommend Routsis to Another Company?

• Yes.