Our Work

Recently, engineers at the John Deere manufacturing plant that produces the large sprayer booms used to treat crops on some America’s largest and most productive farms needed a more efficient manufacturing process to meet the enormous and growing demand for its product. The existing process was plagued with inefficiency and significant full-line down time anytime a single unit encountered a problem needing attention.   Deere executives contacted Facility Functions for assistance. Facility Functions engineers worked closely with the Deere team fully redesigning the production line and adding an innovative staged-accumulator process that allowed for continuous production line operation while any individual units requiring attention were addressed.