Production Efficiency   Streamlining Production Efficiency Producing metalwork parts from fabrication to finish allows Hartzell to streamline its production process. Many manufacturers have to outsource some of their production, but Hartzell has the capacity to complete the entire job. The Bank Drive-Thru Tube is a great example where we were able to improve production efficiency by 40%. Problem: The bank needed fabricated tubes for the drive-thru and could not find a manufacturer that could complete the entire job. The Company was working with four separate manufacturers to complete the final product. Below is a sequence of the workflow before Hartzell began working with the banking firm: 1.   Company A: Laser cut tube specifications 2.   Company B: Welded various parts onto tube 3.   Company C: Cleaned and powder coated parts 4.   Company D: Assembled finished parts Solution: Hartzell consolidated the previous workflow sequence so that the entire project was completed by one manufacturer instead of four. Result: By consolidating the production process, Hartzell greatly reduced the end cost of the bank tube since there was only one manufacturer producing the product. Efficiency was also increased since the product did not have to be passed on from different firms. Hartzell provided a high quality solution that saved the Company time and money by only dealing with one company.