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process steel here and then fitting and assembling the final finished product.
Pirtek we have the right stock in the right place to do a professional job in a timely manner – that’s what we do.”
so we can forecast the work looking forward to the following shutdown.
“Two years ago, we hit a peak production output of 1.2m units per year, with a weekly high of 38,000 a week. We employ around 400 people here.” The brief Darren Squire, Franchisee of Pirtek Bristol had mentioned Whirlpool to his sales manager, Jason Greenwood, as a potential client and it was perfect timing when Matt took hold of the maintenance department in May 2017. Jason made contact with Matt, they came together for a chat and things developed from there. Matt could see a lot of improvements were required. “For a UK manufacturer, reliability, efficiency and performance is critical. There is a drive at Whirlpool towards world class manufacturing, so the focus is on professional,
“There have been little or no surprises and the failures have been forecast, budgeted and paid for prior to fitting,” Matt concludes. Hose register “When Pirtek came in we were looking for a supplier that was going to be able to deliver timely and effective hose fitting, help us with site registers and asset management on the hoses,” he says. “In the last six months we’ve gone from having no record or track of the standard of hoses, their quality, length or type, to now having a full hose register and being able to identify every one of the hoses on site.
‘Whirlpool puts its faith in us’
Work flow “I would say over the past six months, we’ve had someone on site from Pirtek probably every two to three weeks,” says Matt. “We operate three shutdown periods a year, plus the Christmas holiday. In the three major shutdowns this year, so far Pirtek has been in for every one of those, making the Total Hose Management register, performing the site inspections and giving us a view
“Now we’re in a situation where we can pick up the phone and request a hose
preventative maintenance and quality of machinery.
TEAM: Jason Greenwood with Pirtek MSST Chay Cotton
“I knew the standards that Whirlpool wanted us to work towards and Pirtek was offering exactly what we wanted – hose register, total management and control of preventative maintenance,” Matt says. “It is our MSST who is very much at the coal face,” says Jason. “He is involved with and speaks directly to Matt. Darren has also come and sat in on meetings. “We’ve got good communication, which is half the battle, knowing who’s doing what, when we’re doing it and having the right people to do it. At
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