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When Design Engineers have developed new products, assemblies, functions or features,
manufacturing engineers leverage the application 'Process & Sequence of Event Design™' to turn design information into streamlined manufacturing information, sequenced work tasks for efficient workflow and balance.
Process structures are created on the fly, and material, tool, equipment as well as qualification assignments are created with simple drag & drop within seconds, enabling engineers to prepare for sub-sequent processes such as synchronization of material & supply, and to interactively balance workload based on processes, matching assembly line tact times.
Today
assembly teams on the shop floor are required to adopt to changes
and new products extremely fast. |
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There
is no time for paperwork, long introductions or extensive training,
and definitely there is no time for ‘trial and error’ in assembly
operations, costly rework or even customer complaints. Only 'Visual Work and Quality
Instructions' displayed in Visual Factory Portal on the shop floor
supported by interactive applications allow fast processing, but
they need to include interactive change introduction and all
required up-to-date assembly and quality information, ready for
electronic distribution.
Lean Manufacturing Engineering today does not only mean accelerated development of work & quality instructions, its process & cycle timing, failure prevention and Failure Mode & Effect Analysis
(FMEA), as well as quality checklists and metrics, but also it requires the development of visual instructions on the fly, with simple time-saving drag & drop functionality, but also fully controlled for change management.
Integrated in Process & SOE Design the application suite includes advanced design of electronic Visual Work & Quality Instructions™. Visual instructions incorporating drawings, photos, and photo combinations based on comprehensive libraries, and even streaming video, all developed and controlled within a couple of minutes, and electronically distributed directly to assembly and quality workstations.
‘Lean Assembly Line Design™’ and ‘Process Synchronization’ handle all required dynamic line design activities for line planners. Various demand-based calculations smoothen assembly and supply operations, providing optimized tact times, average product cycle times, line and in-process balancing and In-Process Kanban calculations, as well as required resources and much more.
Interactively workstation and line capacity is being calculated, cycle times are mapped, color-coded alerts show restrictions, and assemblies are assigned via drag & drop, simple and fast, supported by Process & Component Mapping™.
Even more, Component Matrix functions allow to identify common parts
and exclusive parts, help to identify material supply strategies and
provide many advantages to engineer. Process Matrix allows a quick
overview and maintenance of multiple process structures at once and
identification of cycle time deviations. Change Over Matrix are
available for changing processes and changing components in a
comprehensive overview.
Assembly Line Design manages all types of workstations, and designs and plans all lines and line groups for optimized workload and increased through-put.
For more information and
download of corresponding language fact sheets in PDF format, please
click here:
For
downloads and fact sheets of other process solutions and application
areas, please
click
here.
Release 6.2 -
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