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Lean Manufacturing Principles Applied to a Packaging Line
Not many companies in our country have withstood its fundamental societal changes over the last 100 years without major fluctuations. The Swedish company SKF is one of the exceptions.
“We Originally Just Wanted to Improve Our Processes, but in the End We Automated Our Whole Warehouse,”
states Libor Toman from the board of directors of DŘEVO TRUST, a.s. He answered our questions just weeks after the start of live operation for their fully automated warehouse – that is, in a very special phase of the project. Mr. Toman captained the new warehouse’s investment project, and therefore we asked him about his experience and the path leading up to the automation.
Efficient Planning with the Asprova APS System at Autoneum Czech Republic
Autoneum has the vision and goal of digitalising all of its logistics processes. In 2019, digitalisation made its way to production planning, with the new solution aiming mainly to increase the efficiency of manufacturing and of plan creation. At TAL 2020, Jan Stejskal, Logistics Manager at Autoneum CZ’s Choceň plant – to which the group’s other plants are now turning for inspiration – revealed how it all worked out. But is this change in production planning “just” about a tool, or is it a much more comprehensive process?
Asprova Opened Our Eyes. Thanks to It We Were Able to Reduce Our Stock by 50%
The Futaba Czech company started an implementation of the Asprova system for advanced planning and production controlling in April 2014. It has been fully relying on this APS system since the beginning of 2015.
MOM Is the Future! What Is the MOM of the Future?
Manufacturing companies will be facing challenges in the near future that will drive deeper and tighter interconnection of the virtual and physical world of products, machines and workers.
Vertical Lift Storage: When the Component Comes to the Operator
Navigation of the warehouse operator using light indication. World’s gone mad, what was enough yesterday, is not enough today. Production batches are getting smaller and the profitability limits of yesterday are being reconsidered today.
How Does the EDI Communication in the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Car Plant Look Like?
The seventh largest carmaker in the world, FCA – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the USA, supports the process of electronic communication with suppliers using so called feedback messages.
Integration of Systems with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Integration of systems in a company is important not only for the elimination of errors or current data availability in separate systems.
Interview with Tomáš Pivovarník, Amphenol‑Tuchel Electronics
The SappyMES implementation project upon agreed time and financial conditions. Czech branch of the German Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH company, manufacturing connectors and electrical cable bundles not only for OEMs, implemented the SappyMES system for the production data collection.
The Data War Has Been Declared, Production Including
The avalanche of terms from the world includes Industry 4.0, Advanced manufacturing, Smart factory, Internet of Things. Each of them has a slightly different meaning but we can find common base too. Let us analyse them from the production data point of view.
Optimizing Loading and Unloading with YMS
The ever growing variety and number of products means a growing number of suppliers and customers for production companies. As a result the number of trucks to be loaded and unloaded everyday is growing too.
Planning of SMT Lines and Consequent Processes in Electronics
Practically all companies fabricating electronics use the SMT (Surface Mount Technology). In most of them, however, the production process is not finished by automatic installation.
Industry 4.0, Time for a Change – and the Czech Republic Is Sleeping
Whether we call the Industry 4.0 a revolution or evolution, obviously it is an unrepeatable opportunity for small and large (states and companies) to change their conditions of existence. However, if the one having the reins in the hands does not awake, how the commons might master the issue.
Who Will Win the IoT Global Network Race?
The starting shot was heard. The race has been started, regarding who would build the global communication standard for the Internet of Things (IoT).
