Success Stories - Cost Savings

eServ helps Redesign Combine Cab Landing

The Challenge

Part failures, safety, and production costs were of major concern to eServ’s client, a fortune 500 farm implement manufacturer. For a Combine Cab Landing currently in production, eServ was asked to redesign the landing assembly to meet five specific goals:

• Improve part failure rate
  
• Meet manufacturer’s safety requirements
  
• Simplify fabrication procedures
  
• Reduce production costs where possible
  
• Establish single-source parts procurement for the ladder assembly

The Solution

A total redesign of the Combine Ladder Assembly was completed. The following engineering processes were employed to reinforce the part assembly to eliminate product failures and to increase production cost efficiencies.

• Design
  
• FEA Analysis
  
• Cost Analysis
  
• FMEA
  
• Project Management

eServ part assembly redesign reduces production costs, eliminates complex tooling & improves safety.

The Result

eServ’s Proof-of-Performance Engineering Process delivered the following results:

• Eliminated part failures
  
• Reduced costs by $4.00 per unit
  
• Established a single-source supplier for top assembly fabrication
  
• Utilized common tooling to reduce costs
  
• Created a common design usable on all cab landing sizes
  
• Reduced lateral handrail movement
  
• Utilized a tread pattern common to industry eliminating tool costs
  
• New design fits old production model to ease service concerns
  
• Production ladder and handrails are interchangeable among model