George Rice & Sons — Coating to Compete

Productivity is also up. The new coating capabilities allow George Rice & Sons to do work-and-turn much more quickly. Linked with productivity is efficiency. Part of the new system's success lies in its ease of use. The automated, touchscreen system simplifies operation. Before, operators had to do a lot of checking and frequent changing of the settings. "Any time you have multiple shifts, multiple machines and multiple operators, you end up with multiple standard operating procedures," Zimmon says. "Believe me, not having multiple people monkeying around with the settings is a big plus."