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Assembly is all about maintaining rhythm, defined by the customer’s takt time. On the shop floor, everything is related to this takt; both assembly and supply processes must align accordingly. We offer several solutions specifically designed to monitor and optimize your assembly process.
You could walk around to check if all stations are working on takt, but there’s a smarter way to do it. Equip machines with the right tools to monitor takt compliance. This allows operators to provide quick digital updates during assembly. Additionally, downtime reasons are logged, triggering an Andon signal to alert the right person for assistance. On large screens, you can easily track how performance compares to takt time across this and all previous machines.
Many assembly lines produce varying quantities each week. These changes not only impact the takt time but also alter the workload distribution across stations. Calculating this for different weekly volumes can be complex and time-consuming. Fortunately, there is a powerful tool available that simplifies the calculation of work distribution per employee.
- Continuous monitoring of all operations against takt time.
- Interactive applications support fitters in tracking and communicating their assembly progress.
- Need assistance? Simply press the blue button, and the appropriate Andon signal will be sent to get immediate support.
- The smart playbook provides each operator with the correct work instructions, no matter the weekly machine count.
At Lely, everything is about takt.
In production at Lely, everything revolves around rhythm, which is determined by the customer takt. On the shop floor, everything is related to this takt; both assembly and supply processes must align accordingly.
Working with the client, the smart.box team developed a live dashboard where all employees can see if they are “on takt.” This can be done by looking at the giant screens hanging at the assembly lines or by logging in remotely to the smart.monitor. You can see the current status of each line (ahead/behind schedule) on this. In addition, you can see to what extent the past orders deviate from the takt.
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