2010-01-01 Thanks to a Six Sigma project and new defect-tracking software system that helps collect quality data in real-time, Navistar’s Chatham, Ontario, plant has forged a path to in-process quality improvement.
“Navistar has made a substantial commitment to improving quality and customer service,“ says Rick Burns, the master black belt in charge of the Chatham implementation. “The Six Sigma initiative has refocused our efforts on making sure that we produce the best heavy trucks in the Word.“
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2009-05-07 Our customer, a leading company in the automotive sector, has achieved major benefits by implementing Six Sigma. The customer was able to reduce the amount of rubber used in the injection machines purge process. [...]

In this ground-breaking experimental project ATS wrote PLC, MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and SCADA software for a steel manufacturer who built a new plant to produce doors for a major car manufacturer. Laser welding separate door components has replaced the old method of producing doors from a single sheet of stamped metal. This significantly reduces the weight of the doors thus helping to improve fuel efficiency. The MES and SCADA software was written in SQL and Visual Basic.

Car manufacturers can invest up to Euro 100 million for a new paint shop. An investment not to be sneezed at which means the system must work hard for many years to be worthwhile. Dürr is the world’s leading supplier of paint shop systems for automotive manufacturers and at their headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany only one word is needed to describe the culture, Quality. [...]

A car manufacturer in Australia chose ATS as their preferred supplier for industrial control training. They quoted ATS’s independent, professional and flexible approach as the reason to choose ATS Training. Custom-made training courses are being developed for engineers and maintenance staff.