By optimizing its welding machines, De La Fontaine achieved 83% more welding hours with 2 fewer employees, allowing the company to save thousands of dollars each week.
A third-generation family business, De La Fontaine is renowned for its expertise in the design and manufacturing of steel doors and frames. Its products are installed in landmark locations such as the Montreal Airport, the Pentagon, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, making it a key reference in North America.
De La Fontaine was facing growing demand, but its welding machines were operating at only 20–25% of their capacity. This underutilization led to decreased productivity and created the impression that a costly investment in new equipment was necessary, while significant untapped potential remained on the production floor.
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Thousands of dollars saved every week in production costs.
Welders optimized to reach their full potential.
Deadlines respected even in times of high demand.
With K2 App, De La Fontaine’s welding machines were integrated into an industrial connectivity platform that centralizes real-time production data. Key indicators — such as utilization, downtime, and efficiency — are automatically transformed into actionable insights. Thanks to an intuitive interface, management, supervisors, and operators alike can access essential data to optimize processes, reduce costs, and support growth without additional investment in equipment.
The project implementation was carefully planned. Each step was followed to ensure success.
A workshop made it possible to identify the main challenges and set the performance indicators to be achieved. All stakeholders were aligned from the outset.
Structured management with weekly meetings has been established. This ensured smooth adoption of the solution across all levels of the business.
Five welding machines were connected to collect real-time performance data. This enhanced production visibility.
The data was translated into visual indicators and automated reports. This made it possible to optimize welding times and reduce downtime.
Thanks to the optimization of its welding machines, De La Fontaine saves $7,125 per week.
Additional production every week without new equipment.
Increase in welding hours compared to the initial capacity.