Challenge: In an environment of increasing costs and a competitive labor market, our truck industry OEM’s identified installation of air controls and valves as in-efficient and a bottleneck.
Key Factors
- Dump Body OEM’s were using valuable resource to install air controls inside the cab.
- Managing the inventory of numerous components was also cumbersome and time consuming.
- Individual installation of controls made maintaining consistent layouts difficult.
The Solution
- APSCO engineers worked with the customer to identify the core controls and valves needed for each truck.
- APSCO engineers worked with the customer to identify what optional controls and valves are also supplied, along with what common aftermarket valves may be installed at a later date.
- APSCO engineers developed a value engineered “Private Label” control console, that included all standard valves and controls and allowed for optional and aftermarket valves to be installed.
- The control console featured a number of unique design elements that brought value to the customers manufacturing, purchasing and marketing process’s.
Benefits
- Cost Savings
- Labor Saving
- Simple installation
- Purchasing one part number opposed to numerous components
- Functional, Ergonomic design
- Professional, Attractive, User friendly design.