Fitting Shop Redevelopment

As part of the company’s growth strategy and to support the increasing demand for commercial vehicle conversions from our customer base and wider UK market, we have implemented a planned redevelopment and refurbishment of the vehicle fit-out shop.

The aim was to increase capacity, reduce lead times and improve quality by changing the layout, introducing more productive and efficient build methods, better organisation and supply of conversion kits, together with enhancement of our existing “Line” and “Final” QC processes.

As a result, we have now introduced :

• 6 new build lines with designated kitting and tool areas
• New build methods to suit the types of builds (STATIC, SEMI-STATIC and FLOW).
• New Quality Control Plan process, which is managed through the build.
• New dedicated Prototype, Subcontractor and Final QC areas.

These initiatives together with recruitment of additional fitters has increased capacity by 30%, reduced build times by 10%, and improved our % Right First Time (RFT) performance.