Del Sol is the world’s largest retailer of merchandise that changes color in the sun, and the Caribbean’s largest clothing retailer.
Challenge:
- Find a local fixture manufacturer who could provide excellent quality and mass production capabilities, for a reasonable price.
- Work with local manufacturer to provide easier access to see prototypes and make changes to fixtures quickly
- Save cost and time on shipping fixtures
- Quality, time, and cost savings were most important characteristics for new fixture manufacturer
- Unique fixtures requiring higher-end laminates, acrylic, LED lighting and electrical issues that needed to be overcome
Solution:
Del Sol met with Hurco Design and Manufacturing to discuss how well the challenges of their new retail store fixture program meshed with Hurco’s abilities to perform. Del Sols decision criteria consisted of three main areas; Quality, Time (how quickly fixtures could be produced), and Cost Savings.
Hurco demonstrated the state-of-the-art ERP software that allows Project Managers to see real time status of each work order. The sophisticated software also alerts Project Management if things are behind schedule on the plant floor so that decision can be made to right the ship and get back on schedule.
During a tour of the Hurco 132,000sqft plant, the Del Sol team was able to see the machines that are capable of mass producing their fixtures, saving production time and expense.
After receiving fixture pricing and prototypes from Hurco, Del Sol made the decision to partner with Hurco. Through collaboration Hurco, with over 60 years of manufacturing experience has helped Del Sol come up with great solutions to their fixture challenges.
