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Friday April 11
Offutt Collision Repair Adds Rapid Delivery Service to Decrease Cycle Time
In an effort to further decrease cycle times, Offutt Collision Repair, in Nebraska, has added a Rapid Delivery Service to include technicians repairing vehicles until 2:00 am. Because OCR’s production is set up in an assembly line manner, night shift technicians are literally able to pick up where the day shift leaves off.The assembly line (or Linear Repair System), designed by shop owner George Rybar, has proven to be a more efficient and leaner method of production, already beating the market cycle times by at least half. Adding the Rapid Delivery Service will continue to push Offutt Collision Repair’s cycle times to be top in Omaha and the entire state.
OCR's approach is to re-manufacture vehicles by utilizing a team of specialized technicians. Damaged vehicles go thru pre-set repair stages that maximize each technician's skill sets, much like the assembly line that created each car. The shop's production area is capable of processing at optimum 28 vehicles in three production lanes depending on the severity of the repair. Two spray and bake paint booths are strategically placed so that each vehicle is always moving forward to completion.
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