Austere MFG

How a manufacturer of specialty buckles used Arda to systemize production and increase throughput without additional hires or overhead costs.

Meet Austere: Machining The World's Best Buckles

Austere Manufacturing makes the world's best buckles. After running out of a $0.03 plastic bag and failing to ship a $3,000 order, it was time to make a change.

Improving Process Without Disrupting Progress

Austere rolled out the system over time by adding supplies to Arda as they needed to be ordered. This gradual approach avoided disrupting the business's operations, and paid off within 6 months.

"Arda is the only tool we found that was easy enough for us to implement but powerful enough to help us grow. Most systems we looked at took more time than they saved but with Arda we freed up enough time that I could finally get back to releasing new buckle designs."

Uriel Eisen, Owner of Austere MFG

The Results: Scaling Without New Hires Or New Machines

Austere put more work through the same building, with the same crew and the same machines. The one change was how material got reordered.

• No new hires and no new machines behind the higher throughput.
• Paid off within 6 months of a gradual, category-by-category rollout.
• Ordering delegated off the owner’s desk, so he could get back to releasing new buckle designs.
• No more $0.03 stockouts holding up $3,000 orders.

Arda's set-it-and-forget-it system helps Austere prevent stockouts and drive growth so they can focus on what they do best: designing and manufacturing the world's best buckles.