Metallon

WIRE HARNESS TERMINALS

WIRE HARNESS TERMINALS

In 1997, Metallon was asked by a wire harness supplier if we would quote 6 or 8 ring terminals that the current supplier was going to discontinue. A meeting was set up with the OEM’s engineers and purchasing people. During the meeting, it was mentioned that the OEM had approx. 140 different ring terminals and they wanted them all quoted. During the subsequent review process, it was discovered that there were many overlapping tolerances and the number of parts could significantly be reduced.

Within 6 months, Metallon was producing 31 parts in 7 die sets. This eliminated approximately 109 parts from the OEM’s Bill of Materials, resulting in huge savings for our new customer!