“We contracted the services of USCCG to work in cooperation with our personnel to design a program for the maintenance areas. They have a lot of training expertise and a great deal of experience in helping other successful companies.” – Metals Forge

Featured Clients

  • Alcan Metal
  • Algoma Steel
  • Outokumpu American Brass
  • Nitta Casings

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Satisfaction Ratings

Clients Give USCCG High Marks

USCCG Client Satisfaction Ratings (Through 7/8/10)

Overall Satisfaction 95.7 percent of USCCG clients expressed overall satisfaction with the firm with 79.7 percent saying they were “extremely” or “very” satisfied.

Case Histories

Strip alloy plant needed to ramp up production to meet significant order increases.

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Testimonials

"The company and USC Consulting Group implemented a system for setting up new jobs in the press department that has resulted in a reduction of set-up time of more than 30 %." – Printing and Packaging Conglomerate

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Challenge - Improving Labor Productivity

While productivity is rapidly improving in the U.S. steel industry (labor productivity has improved to an average of 3.2 man-hours from 10.1 man-hours per ton ten years ago), it is still lagging behind the emerging giants in the industry, China and India.

What We Think

“Metals production is labor-intensive. Due to many U.S. producers reducing labor costs by going into bankruptcy and shedding legacy costs, and some new production methods, labor productivity tripled in the last decade. But, U.S. producers now have to truly advance productivity if they expect to remain competitive in the growing global economy.”

– J. Michael Spratt, Metals Practice Leader

  • Primary processing involves the separation of metal from ores in a furnace to produce slabs or ingots
  • Secondary processing involves mainly the rolling or drawing of metal slabs into sheets, plates, foil, bars, and wire
  • Foundry operations produce metal shapes by pouring molten metal into casts or molds
  • Repeatable process
  • Improved asset utilization
  • Lower operating cost
  • Improved skills of supervisory workforce
  • Increased throughput
  • Less waste
  • Reduced process variation
  • Improved on time delivery
  • Increased tons per labor hour
  • Increased revenue dollars per labor hour