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Mastering software selection part 2:

pieces. The highly standardised furniture manufacturers often produce at lower-cost production locations, such as in Eastern Europe. Many German medium-sized producers are therefore increasingly focusing [...] had been developed specifically for furniture production and made it possible to store a limited number of variants for each part produced. The aim of the joint software project with Schuler Consulting [...] confirmation to the customer. LIGNOS-M is able to track five variants per part via a part identification number and map them with its characteristics. Given the wide range of colours, handles and dimensions, a

Goodbye, stopwatch. Hello, digital value stream optimization!

01/2021: Here you can read the whole issue [German] In addition, very short throughput times and a large number of fast-moving parts are common in productions in the wood and furniture industry, which make measuring [...] of machines and workstations. In conjunction with the Bluetooth LE beacons, for example, it can locate the stacks in a production. Combined with our costing methodology, this hardware and software set

Norbert Bosch relies on production control system ControllerMES

interior fittings for the private sector. The two most important pillars of the production specialist, located in Rühlingstetten in the Middle Franconia region of Germany, are furnishings for hotels and other [...] data records required for label printing and edge and CNC processing, and assigns unique component numbers, referred to as unique part IDs. The automated edge processing, for example, can only take place

The wanderer between the worlds

programmed by the HOMAG Group controls the flow of the parts. Indispensable technology In light of the number of orders received, Teixeira can now no longer do without the plant. “Even if it only stops moving [...] parts to a decoupling buffer, where they then wait in its shelf-like compartments. This is also the location of the interface between the old and new production process. At specially designated stations, employees

Networked Workshop (Part 2): Ready for the Future in Three Steps

system of this nature provides a more efficient configuration for work preparation and reduces the number of manual steps. Production throughput times also become shorter, since complete production info [...] enables the status of each part to be tracked during production. The system shows where the part is located, what needs to be reworked and when the exact delivery date to the end customer will be. Understanding

Responsibility

this is at the Kilianifest fair with the giant ferris wheel in 2018, at the company's own event location "Jahr100Raum" or on the legendary trainee excursions – with which every year of training begins [...] years spent as a journeyman, training, leadership positions. He and his father have thus inspired a number of young people for the career and business. 76 people have completed their training in Märzgrund

Production line for batch size 1 kitchens

one-of-a-kind dream kitchens. The customer can design their unique product together with 50 planners located throughout Austria. The kitchen is then made from high-quality, often local materials. Breitschopf [...] table top attachments or cover plates, all of which have no straight edges. "But that's only a small number," clarifies Hoffmann. And so, after processing when the sanded and painted parts have been fed onto

Erheblich höhere Wertschöpfung

the construction site quickly and with just a few employees. The next step at Lohnabbund Schuth, located in Ochtendung in the Rhineland-Palatinate region, is to enter the field of house assembly. This is [...] production: "Just look at the issue of installation level, which is being asked for by increasing numbers of customers. We manufacture the walls on request, including empty pipes and hollow sockets, which

25 Years of HOMAG Window Production Solutions - Concepts for automated production since 1999

workshop location. Gradually, the perception and acceptance has shifted in such a way that complete processing of window parts with CNC technology is more economical, especially when the number of variants

Fit for the new standard

one of the largest timber construction companies in France today. The company's headquarters are located at the foot of the Vosges Mountains and the company delivers timber buildings to the north-east of [...] using an automated production line—for example, when constructing large residential estates with a number of identical houses—can make particularly good profits thanks to the high degree of standardization