©2009 GE Intelligent Platforms All Rights Reserved Customer Example 1 Eka Expancel Produce...

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Customer Example 1

•Eka Expancel

Produce expandable microspheres used in other products, like auto & boat filler and PVC soles for footwear

2GE


04/18/23

Background

• Need to add features to ERP and MES solution (Plant Applications and iFix)– Detailed schedule with finite capacity– Keep it simple in SAP – deal with the

details in Scheduler– System for daily planner and the

supervisors– Provide overview of future production

for production personnel including lab– Schedule in a closed loop with actual

shop floor progress from MES

3GE


04/18/23

Proficy Scheduler Benefits/Features:• Better Capacity Overview &

Throughput of 3 production areas

• Avoid bottleneck situations in shared equipment and tanks by simulating inventory levels

• Pegging Link allocates output material from one area to the following process to ensure have components to build product

• Schedule reflects shop floor progress, so able to adjust schedule & meet delivery


Customer Example 2

•Knudsen Plast

With Scheduler 4.1, we can deliver the most powerful solution for injection molding’s specific requirements.

5GE


• Expensive equipment investment– Machines– Molds are expensive to manufacture

• Expensive raw material

• Time-consuming change overs

• Simple production routing, but complex scheduling constraints

• MTO or MTS

Background (typical for this

industry)

6GE


Proficy Scheduler Benefits/Features:• Saves valuable time for scheduling and production management by coordinating required resources– Injection moulding machines– Molds / tools– Operators– Tool preparation prior to setup– Tool setup on machines– Material preparation prior to processing– Post processing of produced goods

• Handles complex constraints so deliver on time– Which tools for which machine– Cycle time depending on machine and product– Capacity and availability of machines and people

• Schedules production orders, plus trial orders & maintenance

7GE


23-04-18

System architecture

Knudsen Plast LAN

ROB-EX

server

AX ERP

server

Planner

clients

Viewer clients

Denmark Slovakia

Planner

clients

Viewer clients

DK

AX DB

SK

x3

x6

x2

x3

Wide-screen

Orders andprogress

Live production schedule in production area

Clients in Slovakian language

Clients in Danish language

Multi user server

Database level integration (MSSQL)

Clients runninglocal or via Citrix

8GE


Algist Bruggeman

Located in Belgium

Leading manufacturer of baker's yeast since 1949

• Produces– Block, bulk and cream

yeasts for fresh bakery products

– Packaging varies from 42 grams to 1000 liters

9GE


• Demanding production scheduling challenge– 100 different end products,

numerous intermediates– 40 production tanks– Large number of batches and CIP– Demand driven schedule with

dynamic changes– Need to handle growing complexity– Inflexible, time consuming and

erroneous manual scheduling process due to complexity

Algist Bruggeman

10GE


Proficy Scheduler

• Features and Benefits– 12 users collaborating in

one solution– Integrated with ERP– Paperwork eliminated and

planning time reduced to 50%

– Accurate and valid schedules

– Planners able to handle increasing complexity (more end products and batches).

11GE


Sites in China and DenmarkBiotech company with focus on enzyme production for world marketProduces

– Bulk industrial enzymes for agriculture, bioenergy, biopharma, food and beverages, household care, leather, pulp and paper, textiles, and wastewater solutions.

Novozymes

12GE


• Demanding production scheduling challenge– Lack of detail on ERP level– Variation due to biological product– Demand variation– Mix of production and trial batches– On time delivery– Maximize asset utilization

– Change overs, CIP– Minimize WIP

Novozymes

13GE


• Features and Benefits– Planners, supervisors,

chemists and operators online sharing same schedule

– Integrated with SAP– Visibility

– Less slack as well as spotting bottlenecks in advance means better utilization

– Flexibility in schedule– Adapt on the fly to

variation– Lead time reduced 40%

Proficy Scheduler

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