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... the Solution Center is all about innovation and creativity , so it comes as no surprise that it ’ s been the site of some of our biggest advances and accomplishments
“ In addition , we do a lot of our testing out of the Solution Center . Our team undertakes cycle time studies , which help improve processes and weed out any imperfections in the model . We also push the envelope in terms of the kind of technology we are using - the Solution Center is all about innovation and creativity , so it comes as no surprise that it ’ s been the site of some of our biggest advances and accomplishments .
“ Most of our projects start with a standard machine , and then we develop it into a turnkey solution . The customer essentially buys a machine , and then we make it work for their purposes . Sometimes the customers will put in their own technology , and it becomes a kind of collaborative project , other times customers come to us with a problem that we need to solve . For instance , they have a part that won ’ t hold , or they don ’ t know how to make a specific element of their product in the necessary timeframe . Because requests vary , our team is very flexible and can work with customers however they need to reach the desired outcome .
“ We ’ re adept at providing whole solutions . It ’ s very rarely just the machine they need , it ’ s peripheral equipment like cooling systems or waste management tools . Sometimes it ’ s a case of using different oil , or introducing a new cooling mechanism , like water . There are lots of smaller additions that our service provides on top of just machinery . When we say we ’ re selling a complete
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