Continuous Improvement

AMF team…keep sending in your suggestions for improvements!

Customers constantly come at us with change orders and revisions. AMF met recently to train on upgrading internal change order processes.

Continuous Improvement is constantly on display as we relentlessly improve our metal fabrication skills.

We need more suggestions…keep sending them in please!

Rich M

Letter posted to AMF employees…

All Metals Fabrication

AMF is committed to becoming better.

Below is a list of progress we have made specifically regarding our high end industrial work. Our intention is to continue along this path until we can, in fact, become measurably better than any of our competitors.

In recent months we have incorporated the following:

1) New Work Order Designations that highlight High Quality Assurance level work (Yellow Work Orders).

2) The use of Bill of Materials for all copayments that require multiple (and simultaneous) value streams to complete.

a. Helps to measure quality on component parts
b. Help to move parts through the shop quicker

3) Pre-Bid meetings to determine the ability for AMF to actually fabricate the part requested.

4) Post-Award meetings to kick of job success track.

5) Outside Press Brake Training for our team in the beginning of October.

6) Plant wide meeting regarding high QA Parts and the mentality required.

7) Continued development of PQR and Welding Certifications.

8) Bi-weekly production meetings to assess plant production of all jobs.

9) Significant investment in tooling and inspection equipment.

Please continue to add your suggestions to our Continuous Improvement Hotline.

Email at improve.amf@gmail.com or text to 801-784-3787.

Don’t forgot to add pictures!

We meet each week to go over new suggestions and follow up on implementing existing suggestions.

Check out what is being suggested and implemented!

Adding bins underneath the assembly tables to hold component parts…eliminating the waste of movement. Great idea!

Fred Rabe came up with this ingenious idea to pull two 110 Electrical Chords into one box and create 220 power for our field welders–creates a much better weld and way less amperage on the welding machines. Great idea…we are calling these new boxes, Freddies!

Please send in your improvement ideas to our Continuous Improvement HOTLINE!

Text w/Pics 801-784-3787 or

Email w/pics to improve.amf@gmail.com

AMF creates documentation and Flow Charts to track improvements.  Here are just a few. We expect these will all change over time as we get better and better at our craft.

05-07-2018