We had our payback on the Plexus shipping weigh scale system in only a couple of months!

EaglePicher’s Wolverine Gasket Division packing System Saves Time and Money.

Prior to the Plexus implementation, the Press floor would stamp pieces and send them to Shipping. Shipping would then package them and ship. The packaging procedure consisted of calculating a piece weight and then filling up the box to the correct weight. No actual piece count was taken; it was assumed the correct number of pieces was packaged.

"Worried about shorting the customer, we’d throw in extra just to be sure,” Boliver recounts. "We asked Plexus to customize a system for us. Now, we enter the package requirements. Parts are now stamped and boxed at the press. A new scale tied to the Plexus system can tell us if we’re off by even one piece. We were probably shipping 5-10 percent overages. We were able to eliminate five people in Shipping. We had our payback on the Plexus shipping weigh scale system in only a couple of months!”

"What we got with Plexus far exceeded my expectations,” says Pittas. "What we’re able to look at and see, how we’re able to tie sales forecasts into production schedules…it’s great. We figured about a four-year payback. We have clearly exceeded that payback.”