Increasing revenue by $1m a day without increasing costs at the Brampton Assembly Plant
Chrysler expected an increase in demand and the plant was to increase its daily rate from 930 to 969 units to ensure that the demand could be met.
By meeting the increased throughput target the plant was able to increase revenue by $1,000,000 per day.
Chrysler saved $250,000 by taking the guesswork out of capital investment at the Jefferson North Plant
Chrysler’s simulation team was tasked with finding out if an additional 15 Clamshell carriers were required to increase throughput.
The simulation confirmed that the line was not short of of Clamshell carriers which helped confirm that Chrysler did not need to invest in new equipment.
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Corinne Freeman
Corinne is a Senior Account Manager at SIMUL8 Corporation. In her role at SIMUL8, Corinne supports automotive users within the OEMs and the Tier 1 & 2 suppliers evaluating simulation and developing their simulation models for successful decision making. An important part of her role is connecting the existing and new users within those automotive organizations together so they can build a successful simulation team.