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May 1 2006

PLV Introduces Incoming Material Auditing  service for Window and Door Manufacturers.

PLV Systems Inc., a leader in extrusion material measurement systems for over 10 years, is pleased to announce the availability of a new service that provides an incoming material quality audit and analysis service for the Window and Door manufacturing industry.

 This industry generally incurs a loss of 4% to 6% of available production, due to incoming material variations.  The availability of a service means that a window and door company does not have to make the commitment to purchase measurement equipment (and provide the training and support staff to run an extensive Quality Control department) to achieve benefits in reducing production downtime.

 The service starts by working with the window and door manufacturer and when possible the supplier of the extruded profiles, to identify material orientations used in the manufacturing process. These orientations are then translated into an electronic measurement specification that can measure an incoming extruded cross section. The incoming material is measured as it is received on an automated measurement system (provided as part of the service) in approximately 15 to 20 seconds per profile. The time frame over which to run the audit may be determined by the manufacturer. 

 Following the audit period, a report of the dimensional characteristics of the material audited is generated. The report is used as a guideline to identify the areas of dimensional variance causing production disruptions. It is at this point a dialogue with the supplier may be required to identify areas in the original material specifications that may need to be updated to improve the incoming material. 

Results may vary but typical improvements yield about a 1% overall production improvement after the first auditing process. Based on a manufacturer’s annual sales of $20 Million dollars this can be a translate to an opportunity of $200.000.00 per year.

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September 29 2005

We are making changes  to provide you with more complete services for managing your profiles. 

A number of new factors are making our offering even better for Window Manufacturers and Extruders. Our software has new tools to allow for faster toolset  design and improved methods of profile evaluation. Ask us about them.

January 12, 2005

We want to thank our newest customers for purchasing our equipment.

PLV respects the privacy of our customers so we do not publish their names here. We however have a strong client referral list so when you speak to a sales representative please feel free to ask for references that you may speak directly with. This is a direct reflection of the success we are having in the window and door market. So the question remains when are you going to contact us?

October 1, 2004

Here's an example of the opportunity a window or door manufacturer may realize due to incoming material inspection:

Assume a small operation that assembles 50 windows per day. Let's use an average cost of about $100.00/window and we recover 2% of lost downtime through incoming material inspection. This increased capacity can add approximately $20,000.00/year to income. This is approximately a $20,000.00 opportunity per $1,000.000.00 in sales. 

June 14, 2004

Why window and door manufacturers need incoming materials inspection.

Most window and door manufacturers rely on their suppliers to manufacturer extruded profile and test the profiles for compliance prior to shipping. The problem is that often there are problems with these materials that only surface after windows or doors are already made or well into the production process, causing downtime or rework. The reason does not rest solely with the manufacture of the profiles but often with the manufacture of windows by not having the tools to define what compliance they need to which specific extrusion tolerances. They also are unlikely to have any reliable data with which to make the tolerance decisions necessary to guide their suppliers. Stay tuned for next weeks analysis of the cost associated with out of spec material.

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