Situation At the site of a company with just over 5,000 employees at 8 production sites, individual parts for its own products are mainly manufactured. The site operates in 2-shift operation and is approaching the capacity limit. Production orders are strictly commercially awarded. Almost 80% of the orders are fulfilled…
Linear automation mould making for 24/7 operation
Situation The company with 300 employees manufactures injection moulds and follow-on composite tools in the weight range between 50 kg and 25 tons at 5 locations in Germany, the USA and China. The production sites operate in 2-shift operation. Pallet carousels used directly with the machines are used at all…
Manless mould making
Situation Tool and mould making departments are located at 3 locations of a globally operating company with more than 20,000 employees. The toolmaking departments employ 160 people. The 3 locations distributed worldwide produce tools for their target markets in order to avoid customs and transport costs as well as transport…
Commodity Compliance
Situation A globally positioned company with more than 77,000 employees and several divisions as well as majority interests operates a decentralized raw materials and compliance management in order to meet the regulatory requirements for the handling of conflict minerals and recycling. The majority of the administration takes place in a…
PLM-Migration
Initial Situation Following the takeover of the Swiss aircraft equipment and maintenance company with almost 40 locations and over 6,000 employees by an American defense group, the existing PLM system, which had become outdated and had been discontinued, was to be replaced by the PLM system of the new parent…
PLM Introduction for Aerospace-Compliance
Initial Situation A Swiss start-up with about 150 employees is developing its first generation of helicopters, has already completed 2 prototypes and wants to homologate this first model so that the first helicopters can be manufactured and sold. The company already has orders for a production period of 2 years….
Tier1 connection to the OEM & Digital Work Instruction
Initial Situation A Czech aircraft manufacturer and supplier of aircraft components with nearly 2,000 employees has the goal of moving up the supply chain from Tier2 to Tier1 supplier, thereby achieving higher margins and more reliable workloads. The introduction of a PLM system is one of the prerequisites, along with…
Closed-Loop-Manufacturing
Initial Situation A global medical technology company with over 50,000 employees in Europe, America and Asia has several relatively independent business units with independent product lines. Manufacturing is not very automated in all business areas due to low volumes and high product values. Lead times in development and manufacturing are…