Implications of Multitasking for Large Companies and OEMs
Large companies choosing multitasking over more conventional machine tools generally value these benefits:
- Fixture and tooling cost reduction
- Shorter payment cycles (smaller, more frequent shipments)
- Increased customer intimacy (possibility for part, programming and tooling design co-development)
- More profitable pricing structure
- Production with fewer people, less floor space, fewer machines
- Optimized part design
- Retention of proprietary part design elements (i.e., design parts others can’t make)
- Improved supply chain management
- Increased throughput
- Safety in machining large parts
- Inventory reduction

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