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Maximum transparency and flexibility
Visual Shop Floor also has its own meeting module, which is used for daily operations meetings around the smartboard in the production hall. Based on the visualizations shown on the smartboard, engineering and manufacturing staff work with the production management to analyze outcomes and reports and define what needs to be done each day. Information of importance to the employees is displayed on large screens in the production facility.
Employees shape the digital transformation
Visual Shop Floor has been continually improved and developed since it was first implemented. “The size of our production facility in Beeskowdamm alone has tripled to about 3,500 square meters in this period”, says Sven Siedenburg, Head of Transmitter Operations and NTCs in Berlin. That meant constantly incorporating new machines in the system. But it also meant continually adding extra functionality.
“We get feedback from production and details of new requirements every week”, says Technical Project Manager Zennig. As a result, the system now shows at a glance whether a new machine is operational and whether it is currently running a production order. If everything is fine with the machine, it is displayed as a little green box – in a red frame if it currently has no production order. “In the interests of fast and flexible further development, we are always striving to implement small improvements at short intervals”, Zennig says.
“Our people see their feedback flowing straight into the system”, adds Operations Manager Siedenburg. “They are actively shaping the digital transformation, which generates two positive effects at the facility. First, we are migrating to Industry 4.0 step by step. And second, our employees are buying into this project.”
Further expansion in the pipeline
In the next step, Visual Shop Floor will also display cleanroom parameters such as temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrations. Additionally, plans exist to introduce the system at the sensor facility in Batam in Indonesia and at TDK Electronics′ subsidiary Tronics Microsystems in Crolles in France. Corresponding knowledge has likewise been transferred to the CAP Business Group, whose capacitor plant in Gravataí in Brazil is already integrated in Visual Shop Floor.
Die Mitarbeiter sehen, dass ihr Feedback direkt in das System einfließt. sie tragen aktiv zur digitalen Transformation bei, und damit gelingt uns am Standort zweierlei: Schritt für Schritt auf Industrie 4.0 umzustellen und dabei unsere Mitarbeiter mitzunehmen.“
