Nysus Solutions Manufacturing Technology Assessment Question Title * 1. What are the primary industries of your manufacturing organization? Aerospace Automotive Medical Food and Beverage Consumer Products Heavy Equipment Building Materials Plastics Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Which manufacturing processes does your manufacturing organization utilize? Injection Molding Blow Molding Thermoforming Stamping Machining Finishing (sanding. grinding, deflash) Painting Welding Heat Staking Sonic Welding Manual Assembly Automated Assembly Sequencing Kitting Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. Which of the following quality challenges is your manufacturing organization currently facing? We sometimes ship the wrong product or quantity. We sometimes assemble the product incorrectly. We sometimes assemble with the wrong parts or options. We sometimes create products with surface defects. We have full traceability of all products we produce. We have significant warranty claims. Our quality lags behind our competition. We do do not have any quality issues. Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Which statements around efficiency apply to your manufacturing organization? Our current capacity is restricting our sales. We believe we could improve our bottom line through efficiciency improvements. We would like to increase our output without additional equipment. We aren't really sure how efficient we are. Efficiency is not a major concern for us. Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. How does downtime affect your manufacturing organization? All of our downtime is recorded automatically for root cause analysis. We collect downtime manually but there is little analysis. Our equipment often breaks down unexpectedly. When downtime occurs, it is not escalated properly. Downtime is minimal and not a significant concern for our organization. Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. Where are you on your automation journey? We have many automated processes and have minimized any direct labor requirements. We have automated in a few areas but further automation seems too difficult. We have some automation but it does not work well. We have ideas for automation but aren't sure how to get started. It is unclear to us if we have any opportunities to automate. Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. What systems do you use for production execution? We utilize MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems). We utilize MES (Many Excel Spreadsheets). We utilize PLC controllers where required. Everything is run through Carl (Carl is an 87 year old chain smoker who enjoys bull riding on the weekends). Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. What systems do you use to schedule your manufacturing processes? We use our ERP for scheduling. We use Excel to schedule. Our operations are simple and do not require scheduling. Our schedule is dictated by our customer (build to sequence). We use a Kan Ban system to schedule. Carl determines our schedule (yep, same guy). Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Which of the following technologies do you currently utilize? MES ( Manufacturing Execution System) SCADA Robotics Automated Assembly Equipment DC Torque Tools Vision Systems PLCs AI / Machine Learning ERP Testing Equipment AGV / AMR ASRS Digital Twin Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. Which statements apply to your organization's experience with technology. We avoid technology to keep things simple. We have tried to implement new technologies in the past and failed. We have had mixed results with new technology. We embrace new technology and stay on the cutting edge. Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. Which of these objectives apply to your manufacturing organization? We would like to grow our top line revenue. We would like to be more efficient. We would like to reduce direct labor. We would like to add additional facilities in the future. We would like to improve our quality. We would like to improve our margins. Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. What factors does your maunfacturing organization consider when building a business case for new technology? Direct labor savings Direct labor benefits Indirect labor savings Indirect labor benefits Cost of quality Warranty claims Leadtime reductions Capacity Increases Ergonomic Issues Other (please specify) Question Title * 13. Do you know of any immediate improvement that could be made through technology in your manufacturing organization? Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 14. Based on your submissions above, we will provide a sperate email that includes your custom manufacturing technology report to start you on your journey. Name Company Email Address Phone Number Complete
