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Production OEM of Radiation Dosimeter

Situation: OEM in-house production was falling increasingly behind on a 12,000 unit/week demand for dosimeters used by hospital staff and healthcare providers to measure radiation exposure. General Assembly (GA) secured the contract to handle production deficit and help meet production demand.

Solution: GA received materials from the OEM on a Monday and the team quickly set-up the fixtures and riveters. An initial 200 units were produced by Tuesday morning and immediately sent to the OEM for quality assessment and approval. After receipt of minor adjustments from the OEM, GA quickly adjusted and produced an additional 200 units that were sent for a second round of quality assessment on Wednesday. GA received approval from the OEM to continue production Thursday morning and by afternoon, was on track to produce 3,000 units per week. As production continued GA quickly redesigned and reengineered the manufacturing process and introduced automation to its production process with a self-feeding riveter.

Partnership: Within one work week, General Assembly was outproducing the OEM’s in-house capacity, while also utilizing resources more efficiently and cost-effectively. GA’s production capacity has grown with the OEM’s demand for the product.