Cancelling the use of external cutting has slashed subcontracting costs considerably, but more importantly the company has also eliminated labour intensive hand-cutting operations. As The Colour Crew Warehouse Manager, Mr John Goddard says: "We have a lot of work with the Domino Pizza Chain that used to involve hand cutting pizza boxes and boxes for sauces and dips. This would take one employee at least 1-3 days a week, depending upon batch quantities. This labour resource can now be allocated to other tasks as the DYSS cuts hundreds of boxes in no time. In addition, we used to send the higher, 1000+ quantities of dip-boxes for die cutting, as it was too much to cut by hand. This is all now done on the DYSS, saving labour and external cutting costs. Also, the Kasemake software allows us to turn-out designs and samples for customers really quickly. When we win orders our flexibility and capabilities allow us react at speed, regardless of order quantities and design complexity."
Of equal importance to The Colour Crew is the streamlining of the production process. Since the DYSS arrived, no work has been sent for external cutting or finishing - a glowing endorsement for the 3m by 1.6m machine. By conducting all finishing work internally, lead-times have been cut from 4 to 5 days to 1 to 3 days depending upon quantity, material type and complexity. As Nick Goodall continues: "Some jobs can now be turned around with same day delivery and this wasn't previously possible. The streamlining of processes is a major selling point for our business. In addition, the faster throughput has increased capacity and enabled us to take on more work. Working hand-in-hand with this benefit is our ability to design and manufacture dummy PoS, dummy boxes and FSDU's for customers with speed. This is acting as a sales tool and we have now employed a salesperson to sell our new capabilities and the capacity that the DYSS machine has given us."
"The flexibility of the DYSS allows us to regularly process batches of 300 to 500 jobs and very often a thousand or so parts from 3 by 1.6m boards or 50m rolls whilst simultaneously having the ability to crease and cut one-off prototypes for customers. The three-tool SuperHead gives us the finesse to cut vinyl and crease thin materials whilst also delivering the power and stability to cut Dibond ACM and 19mm thick foamed boards with excellent edge finishes. This platform is complemented by the K-CUT Vision system that guarantees absolute positional accuracy and of course the industry leading Kasemake CAD package. We have been delighted with the DYSS and the service provided by AG/CAD, it is really opening new doors for our business."