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Customer
Hol-Mac Corporation, headquartered
in Bay Springs, MS, is one of the
largest private companies in the
Southeast, employing more than 500
workers. It serves OEMS (such as
John Deere and Caterpillar) as a
major supplier of steel
fabrications, cylinders, refuse &
recycling equipment. Hol-Mac
currently has four manufacturing
facilities in Bay Springs, MS.
Challenge
According to John Larrabee, Hol-Mac's
IT Manager, "we had a wireless
network installed throughout our
four facilities, but we had our thin
clients and other powered equipment
positioned on static computer
stands.
To improve efficiencies, we needed
something mobile & powered that
enabled our technicians to bring the
thin client or test equipment "to
the job" throughout all four
facilities. We also needed something
that could withstand a harsh
environment in our machine center.
The standard rubber casters would
not hold up in this environment so
we had to go with special steel
wheels."
Solution
Hol-Mac worked with
System ID
Warehouse,
a leading business to business
reseller and manufacturer of Auto
Identification & Data Collection
Products to find the ideal durable
solution to make their equipment
mobile. Newcastle Systems' NB Series
Mobile Powered Workstation equipped
with steel rear locking swivel
casters fit the bill perfectly."
The NB Series Mobile Powered
Workstation
is designed to hold and power a wide
variety of equipment that includes
computers, printers, scanners, test
and most electronic equipment
requiring "on-site" power. It can
power up to 4 devices at once for
about 8-12 hours of normal use.
We've eliminated a lot of
footsteps", says Larrabee.
"We're now able to bring our thin
clients and other equipment directly
to the job, ANYWHERE within our four
facilities. The units are
great! We own about 20
systems!"
Result
Hol-Mac has increased efficiency
and productivity in several areas
that include:
Machine Center: The
machinists bring the carts equipped
with thin clients directly to the
job they are machining. They are
able to access their database of
detailed job drawings to determine
material cut length, etc. While machining
the job, they can be checking
inventory in the database for the next
job.
Quality Assurance: The carts,
along with thin clients and test
devices are brought directly to the
large pieces of welded steel for
comprehensive quality testing. (These steel pieces
are typically the size of a large
automobile and can not be brought to
the test devices.)
Shipping & Receiving:
Shipping accuracy has improved since
the order picking printer and label
printer are always within arms
length, eliminating a lot of
unnecessary footsteps to a static
workstation.
For more information about Hol-Mac Corporation, please visit their website
at
www.hol-mac.com.
For more information about
System ID Warehouse, please visit
their website at
www.systemid.com.

If you have a Newcastle
Systems' success story - we'd LOVE
to hear from you. Please call us at
781.935.3450 or send us an e-mail at
sales@newcastlesys.com.
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