Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility, Stone Mountain, Ga.
Employees: 254, non-union
Total Square Footage: 293,000
Primary Product/market: Compressors for commercial/industrial heating and cooling applications, new and remanufactured
Start-up: 2001
Achievements: 55% reduction in scrap/rework costs as a percentage of sales in past three years; 58% reduction in raw materials inventory in past three years; average machine availability rate is 99.5%
In some respects, Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility has a bit of a dual personality. On the one hand, the Stone Mountain, Ga., plant manufactures new compressors for commercial and industrial heating and cooling applications. Assembly, performance testing and painting are among the production processes of this business. On the other hand, the Carlyle plant also remanufactures compressors. Here the facility continually is challenged by incoming material that has faced a wealth of different field conditions. Production processes in remanufacturing include disassembly and reassembly, as well as machining and other operations as needed in the upgrading and requalification of component parts.
Despite the unique challenges presented by each business, the mission of the plant remains singular: "The Carlyle Stone Mountain facility will perform in a manner that exceeds all expectations, allowing us to be the compressor plant that our customers demand."
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