Engineering Gap Scorecard
IS YOUR WORKHOLDING STILL SUPPORTING YOUR PRODUCTION STRATEGY? New parts. Revised fixtures. Added cells. More pressure on throughput, quality, labor, and floor space. Over time, even strong workholding systems can develop hidden constraints. The Engineering Gap Scorecard helps you identify whether those issues are isolated shop-floor problems, or signs that your process needs a deeper BluPrint® assessment.
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Why your score matters
A fixture workaround here. A longer changeover there. A part revision that forces operators to adjust the process instead of just running it.
Individually, those issues may feel manageable. But when they start affecting your entire process and delaying everything downstream, they become more than fixture problems.
They become Engineering Gaps.
The scorecard gives you a simple way to see where those gaps may be forming, and whether they’re beginning to impact your entire operation.
How it works
The Engineering Gap Scorecard evaluates three critical areas where small fixture-related problems can turn into larger production constraints.
- Current Production Reality: Is your team spending too much energy making the process work instead of letting the process work for them? This score is your answer.
- Impact on Metrics: Your score here will help you understand if fixturing issues are affecting more than just your welders.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: This section reframes how you make fixturing decisions and who should be involved.
What your score reveals
Your scores on all three sections help clarify whether your current challenges are tactical, operational, or strategic – and whether a BluPrint assessment could help uncover the root cause before more time, labor, and capacity leak out of the system.
Who should download it
This tool is especially useful if:
- You’re adding capacity or new product lines
- Changeovers are taking longer than expected
- Results vary between operators, shifts, or cells
- New part designs require fixture changes or rebuilds
- Your team is relying on workarounds to keep production moving
- You suspect there is untapped throughput in your current process
- Workholding decisions are being made project-by-project instead of as part of a larger production strategy
the engineering gap NUMBERS
7%
of manufacturers are satisfied with their production process
IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE.
60
scorecard points to find out if your issue is tactical, operational, or strategic.
IT’S TIME TO QUANTIFY THE IMPACT.
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minutes for a virtual meeting with our sales engineers.000
IT’S TIME TO PROBLEM-SOLVE.
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IT’S TIME TO FIND OUT.