Glass Fab Inc Design Project Leadership R 15601

Glass Fab Inc. Design Project Leadership: R 15601

Background ● Glass blanks only need finishing touches in order to be a final product. ● Glass cutting is a process that can be done on both a large and small scale with various cutting tools. ● Most common methods involve using a saw blade, a diamond coated wire, or brass coated wire in the presence of an abrasive slurry. ● Glass Fab, Inc. currently has a large machine for cutting both low and high volume blanks for customers. ● The machine is a Meyer Burger glass cutter that consumes a significant amount of power.

Objectives & Goals Goal: ● Low cost, low power, relatively small size wire saw that is cost effective for small lots of glass blanks. Objectives: ● Identify key areas of improvement over the current Meyer Burger model in service at Glass Fab, Inc. ● Create a multi-stage plan that allows MSD to achieve goal.

Stakeholders Primary Stakeholder • Glass Fab, Inc. • Contacts: Wayne Leon, Tom Kirk Secondary Stakeholders • Operators

Objective Tree Cost Glass Fab needs a new glass cutting machine with the capability to process small lot sizes without consuming much energy. Project Scope Safety Cut Quality Features Cutting Requirements

Customer Requirements

Additional Comments Project Iterations Audience help • • Glass / wire cutting background Suggestions for further stakeholders