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News Release from: Tecnomatix Technologies | Subject: Production planning software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 October 2004
Sales success for production planning
software
Recent sales successes for Tecnomatix demonstrate increasing awareness of the vital role of computer modelling in product planning.
From trucks to SUVs, applications in the USA and UK demonstrate the cost and efficiency benefits of Tecnomatix' eM-Plant production planning software A series of sales successes in the UK, Europe and the United States demonstrates the increasing awareness among manufacturers of the cost and efficiency benefits of computer modelling in product and process design Tecnomatix' products are particularly applicable for companies producing high volume, non- complex products or low volume, highly complex products such as custom built plant and equipment
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The aim was to achieve a constant product mix over time and a balanced workload throughout the day.
The results were significant time-savings and faster product turnaround.
"With eM-Sequencer we have better and more reliable parameters for optimising production planning and an overall better scheduling quality," he says.
"Using it in our planning environment, we have reduced the time to schedule a production sequence from three days to around 30 minutes." Company Subsidiary of Products Country Products used Application Freightliner Daimler-Chrysler Trucks USA eM-Sequencer Optimisation of the assignment of production orders to multiple assembly lines olane S.A.S.
Financiere de l'Ombree Subcontract electronic product design and manufacture France eMPower PCB Assembly and Test suite Process design, visualisation, simulation and optimisation to speed up new product introduction Hella KG Hueck and Co Lighting and electronics for the automotive industry as well as parts supplies to the aftermarket Germany eM-Planner eM-Engineer Process planning Process analysis Manufacturing process management Support for parts assembly, human modelling and offline robotics Magellan Aerospace Tier one supplier to the aerospace industry UK eM-Quality eM-Measure eM-Insight Development of CMM programs Off-line programming of CMMs Sharing of CAD and inspection data across the extended enterprise Swindon Pressings BMW Sheet metal body panels and fabricated sub-assemblies for the automotive industry UK eM-Plant Simulation, verification and optimisation of manufacturing processes and machine utilisation Webasto AG Sunroofs, roof systems and thermal comfort devices for the automotive industry Germany eM-Planner eM-Engineer Improved enterprise-wide collaboration Manufacturing process management in early concept planning Increased optimisation of planning, simulation, and design of the production and manufacturing processes and applications Peter Jones, simulation engineer at Swindon Pressings, explains that simulation is now part of the daily routine in the company's site strategy and capacity planning department.
"We mix and match machines as a flexible manufacturing system," he explains.
"Each production cell comprises several machines through which a batch of components is routed via various combinations of operations.
With this level of complexity, simulation is crucial to our production planning, providing a good understanding of how the machines work in practice and permitting a certain amount of line balancing." By using Tecnomatix products to model, simulate and optimise the design for a sub-assembly production line for a new generation luxury SUV, Swindon Pressings achieved a 15% saving in throughput, equating to an annual saving of about GBP57,000.
The simulation identified a bottleneck caused by material flow, which was resolved by introducing a new method of pallet changeover, increasing the batch size and therefore increasing production output.
Particularly successful products have included eM-Plant, eM-Engineer, eM-Planner and eM-Sequencer, which help in the design, visualisation, simulation and optimisation of processes and plant.
As well as enabling new lines to be installed quickly, these products can be used to modify or optimise throughput in existing facilities.
This work can be done offline and without interfering with current production.
eM-Plant allows users to model and simulate production facilities so as to optimise material flow, resource utilisation and logistics.
It can be used for all levels of plant planning from international production facilities to local plants and individual lines.
eM-Engineer enables users to plan, model, visualise, simulate and optimise their manufacturing processes.
eM-Sequencer creates schedules by setting priorities based on the availability of resources and capacity needed to fulfil customer order commitments.
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