“As a software architect, I can revolutionize the way manufacturing plants operate by providing digital tools that – tailored to the specific needs of each production site – increase efficiency, reduce waste and enable faster, more informed decisions. It makes me proud when our customers achieve unprecedented levels of productivity as a result.“
Quote from Stefan Misselwitz, with COSMINO since 2002
The Recording of the staff requirements during the manufacturing of goods provides information which is useful for the calculation and enables an overview of productivity. In addition to this, the key performance indicator for machines, OEE, is only meaningful in combination with a key performance indicator on productivity.
A recording of staff times and activities also enables the calculation of performance-based salaries.
Functions in this area are:
Recording and prompt reporting of data to the ERP supports the inventory management in the ERP and enables for the subsequent costing of orders.
High standards of traceability require a comparison of the order processing with the planned bill of materials. However, this may also be required for the inventory management if a retrograde inventory entry of material consumption per quantity unit is not sufficiently accurate.
The meaningful processing of recorded machine data enables the reduction of set-up times, waiting times and other downtimes, and leads to an increase in efficiency in production. This data can also be used for “machine learning algorithms” and predictive analysis (Big Data).
The recording and analysis of the use of tools allows for the optimum tool lifetime to be achieved at production plants, which enables tool costs, changing times and unplanned tool changes to be reduced to a minimum. It also enables compliance with maintenance intervals and set-up optimization.
In-process quality inspections on the product are a fundamental part of the zero-defect strategy – they ensure the customer satisfaction. The sooner a defect is detected in the process, the fewer costs arise. High quality also supports customer satisfaction.
Meaningful key performance indicators create transparency and facts. Previous discussions on reports can be dispensed with, creating time for the actual improvement process. This also applies at the workplace, where the precise information which is actually needed should be available at a given moment in time (and no other information).
Scheduled maintenance increases the tool and system availability and reduces downtimes and poor quality.
Traceability enables the journey of a traced unit through the manufacturing process to be documented. This means that times, processes, operational data, order, system parameters, inspection results, intermediate products, input materials, tools and further information are unambiguously assigned to a traced unit.
The manufacturing process itself is known to the system, which means that further tasks and safeguards can be triggered on the software side.
In the case of product-dependent work steps, at least at work centers with lot size 1 or higher variance, a worker guidance is required which shows the necessary activities to the employees and requires a manual or automatic confirmation of the various steps for the traceability.