Problem

Grenville Castings Limited is a leading North American manufacturer of high quality, low pressure and permanent mold aluminum castings. They operate from three manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Canada.

• Grenville was facing the following critical business issues:
• Complicated delivery deadlines
• Project management time increased due to complexity of projects and QS-9000 requirements.
• Cost to effectively implement and manage a
  QS-9000 based Quality System.

Solution

The MQ1 software provided a practical solution to identify goals and integrate a comprehensive quality initiative across the organization.  Factory floor data became visible to executive level management.  Time spent on project management was significantly decreased.  Documentation control was automated.  Customer response time decreased dramatically.

Benefits

With CEBOS' MQ1 software, Grenville was able to realize the following benefits:

• Administrative cost savings for document control was approximately $50,000 annually
• Time to complete PPAP administrative paperwork was reduced from 2 days to only 2 hours representing savings of $20,000 each year.
• Project management administrative time was cut by 50%. 
• High quality projects completed on time represented estimated $60,000 annual savings. 
• Total annual savings were $130,000.

Grenville Castings has embraced MQ1 for the past three years with a high level of competency and success.  MQ1 will continue to be vital tool in its future success.