Munro and Associates Inc. is focused on helping companies in industries from aerospace, defense, automotive, marine, medical, heavy industries, MTDM, and consumer electronics reduce engineering and manufacturing costs through reducing "time to market" R&D time. The company's goal is to attack waste, poor quality drivers, and lifecycle costs while enhancing end user satisfaction during the development to manufacturing of any project. Munro generates valuable business case metrics that predict cost and quality up front in the design concept stage. This allows for greater design trade-offs to be considered earlier and puts the team on a lower risk path. As the design matures, Munro refines the business case metrics. The statistical probability of failure and cost of containment or repair is mapped in detail so that lifecycle costs can be weighed over multiple design alternatives. The Munroe methodologies produce many valuable metrics, including: *Part Costs *Labor Cost *Cost of Quality (Q-burden) *Total Defects per Unit (TDU) *Ergonomic Issues *Sigma Level *Percent Right the First Time *Fasteners *Total Part Count *Unique Part Count. Reports are generated to show rolled-up business case metrics. Custom reports can be easily created to the precise needs of the program. Direct metrics can be extracted and plotted to highlight specific areas of concern.
