FARMGEAR
FARMGEAR
Factory Today Palmerston North and Feilding · 25 Aug 2026
Harmonic · synced 07:30 25 Aug 2026
Order book
$1.12m
78 open orders, ex GST
Invoiced in August
$1.39m
33 invoices · 17 working days
Machines this year
531
Serialised since 1 April
On the floor
38
20 cassette refills alongside
Short of kit this week
6 of 13
Machines due inside 5 working days
Cassettes running dry
6
4 more are tight · 54 on the rack

Final assembly, in order

Sequenced by the date the machine is due, with the kit checked against the supermarket before anyone starts it. Team leader Rangi Whitiora.

Whole build plan
# Works order Machine Dealer Hours Due Kit
1 WO-26-0402 Kinghitter Series 2i · 4.9m mast · 340kg Cochranes of Canterbury Ltd 25 26 Aug Kit complete
2 WO-26-0404 FencePro Ultra G4 · 4.5m hydraulic hinge QuikFence Australia Pty Ltd 27 26 Aug Kit complete
3 WO-26-0405 Maxam 2500IV · 2.5m mower & topper Webbline Agriculture Ltd 28 27 Aug Kit complete
4 WO-26-0407 Kinghitter Series 2i · 4.3m mast · 290kg AGTEC Machinery Ltd 22 27 Aug Kit complete
5 WO-26-0445 Aitchison Seedmatic 4123T · 2.9m trailing Stevenson & Taylor Ltd 44 27 Aug Kit complete

Machines out, by week

Both plants, off the serial register.

161 in eight weeks
21
w/e 07/07
22
w/e 14/07
21
w/e 21/07
17
w/e 28/07
20
w/e 04/08
23
w/e 11/08
21
w/e 18/08
16
w/e 25/08

Invoiced by brand

Goods value on invoiced orders, ex GST and freight.

  • Kinghitter $1.00m
  • FencePro $609k
  • Hooper $248k
  • Maxam $242k
  • Aitchison $206k
  • Spare parts $52k

Cassettes that run dry first

Measured against what the open build plan will pull off the rack, not against the reorder point.

Short of kit, by where it is standing

The trouble is never at final assembly. It is one stage upstream, on the machines they start next.

  • Machine Shop Dave Lattimer 2 of 2
  • Weld Bay Hemi Pirini 6 of 7
  • Paint Bay Wiremu Kake 4 of 5
  • Sub-assembly Sarah Petersen 3 of 4
  • Final Assembly Rangi Whitiora 0 of 5

Queue in front of each bench

Working days of work at the hours that centre actually has.

  • Laser & Plate 9.8d
    8 jobs · 235.6h · 3 on the tools
  • Machine Shop 5.9d
    6 jobs · 141h · 3 on the tools
  • Weld Bay 5.1d
    7 jobs · 284h · 7 on the tools
  • Paint Bay 6.6d
    5 jobs · 159h · 3 on the tools · 4 short of kit
  • Sub-assembly 9.7d
    13 jobs · 388h · 5 on the tools
  • Final Assembly 2.3d
    5 jobs · 146h · 8 on the tools

Needs a look

All activity
  • Purchase orders awaiting approval 3
  • Purchase orders past their ETA 1
  • Invoices past terms 3
  • Orders past their promised date 13
  • Gross margin on invoiced goods 20.9%
  • Stock at standard cost $3,743,366

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