Manufacturing Quality is Key for OTR
Strategic investment has seen the company upgrade a number of manufacturing facilities over the past 12 months which, ultimately, has transformed the ethos of the factory from skilled manual processes to fully automated manufacturing. "OTR's Manufacturing workforce are a team of skilled engineers," said Darren Flint, Manufacturing Director. "As a result, our manufacturing process is now more akin to new tyre manufacture -demonstrating high levels of accuracy throughout the process to produce products which are as close to new tyre production as is currently possible."
OTR also lead the way in earthmover tyre technology, their most recent acquisition being two fully automated ‘buffing and grooving' machines, giving improved accuracy and the ability to guarantee specifications on retread tyres.
But it's not just equipment where improvement has been seen, the company is introducing a ‘6 sigma' strategy to its manufacturing processes - a rigorous and disciplined methodology that utilises data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, practices and systems. In order for OTR to achieve ‘6 sigma', the processes that they implement must not produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.
OTR Manufacturing Director Darren Flint and UK Production Manager Wayne Cornell have completed a ‘green belt' training programme - focusing on detailed training information on the concept, methodology and tools used within the company.
Also introduced is the LEAN Manufacturing Initiative - the systematic approach to eliminate waste, improve quality and production time and reduce overall costs. As Wayne commented: "the Lean Manufacturing Initiative is a further step in reducing customer downtime and has focused the whole manufacturing division on improving the OTR service for our customers".
Add to this, OTR's developments in employee training and Health and Safety Standards and it is clear to see that OTR have the reputation and service that others try to emulate, offering customers ‘much more than just tyres'
For further product information, please contact OTR Tyres Ltd on 01773 520885.