The Bodyshop for the 21st Century
It's possible to implement TOC thinking or lean processes within your business - either with consultants, or by yourself - and this will certainly have benefits for your cycle times, even if you're not actually doing anything faster than you were before.
What really makes a difference to the bottom line profit, is how many jobs you complete, and therefore invoice, each day. Achieving continuous workflow by eliminating department changes is a key part of this, and this is only made possible by modern drying technology that allows one operator to apply multiple coats of filler and primer in one continuous operation, without having to wait for drying.
The other essential tool for achieving maximum throughput is, of course, how many jobs can be processed through the booth, and we've yet to see anything that even remotely compares with the speed, cost, efficiency and finish achieved by Symach robotics. Take a look at some of the videos to see the robots in action - or come and see it for yourself, in a working bodyshop.
