Excellence Expected, Excellence Delivered
Quality People Make The Difference At Kirsh Foundry
Many measures determine quality. At Kirsh Foundry, a family-run foundry in operation since the 1930s, one unusual statistic stands out: our low employee turnover rate. Our people come here for a career, not just a job.
It isn’t because we don’t expect our employees to perform at a high level. In fact, it is exactly the opposite.
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Quality is an expectation at Kirsh. A foundry will falter and lose top customers without repeatedly delivering quality. Our return rate is less than one percent — well below the industry average — because every step of our process involves quality, starting before production even begins.
Whether building new tooling or adapting existing tooling, a rigorous process ensures castings meet customer requirements. A dedicated Kirsh team reviews requirements and designs the new tool or modifies an existing one to meet them. Samples are produced and reports generated on adherence to dimensional, material, and soundness specifications. Production only begins when the customer approves.
Each production operator has a detailed set of written and visual instructions on the screen at their station. Quality checks are completed at each point as the castings are processed. Our tracking and data analysis system, Odyssey, records that data.
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By constantly tracking production, scrap, output, maintenance, sales data, and hundreds of other measures, issues can be corrected as castings are produced so defective parts do not find their way to customers. Data is also analyzed regularly to look for opportunities to improve.
Any parts returned by customers are studied by quality control and a corrective action is developed and implemented to ensure the defect does not recur.
Just in case you need something stronger than our word, we are ISO 9001 certified and hold quality certifications from many of our Fortune 500 manufacturing customers. Every customer — small or large — benefits from those rigorous standards.
We maintain such high quality because of our team. Communication is dynamic at Kirsh, not just top down. Team members cross-train on equipment and processes. They hold each other and our owners accountable. People who work at Kirsh embrace the quality culture.
