- Mechanical engineering
With our production expertise, we are increasingly being requested for use in complex development projects. Exactly when it is crucial to be able to narrow down and exhaust possibilities for series production and supplier performance so that these limits are taken into account in the respective product concepts.
In the case described, the client used our expertise in a development process that was well behind schedule to evaluate both component availability from subcontractors and the processes that could be represented in its own production and to systematically include them in decisions on the last possible concept changes. Our value contribution was essentially due to our ability to bridge the gap between product parameters (including critical tolerances) and the monetary impact or even the basic representability in the relevant manufacturing processes. Dynamic bottleneck and risk analyses have resulted in this component now stably playing its intended role in product benefits.
Profile
Company size
Location
Germany
Period
4 months
Branch
- Mechanical engineering
Percentage of individual services
- reactive situation stabilization
- holistic concept development
- risk analysis production performance
- Reaktive Situationsstabilisierung
- Ganzheitliche Konzepterstellung
- Risikoanalyse Produktionsperformance
Challenge
- Unknown machine and plant requirements for planning the new project according to requirements
- Overall concept including extended structure planning and conception of interlinking in different variants
- Make-or-buy decision pending
- Efficient project implementation with simultaneous creation of long-term flexibility for future projects
Procedure
- Determination of product requirements and scope of processing
- Planning of possible implementation concepts and discussion with various equipment manufacturers
- Creation of a rough layout based on the location factors
- Preparation of work schedules, production control plan and derivation of staff requirements
- Determination of personnel and investment requirements to derive the profitability of the overall project
Results
- Fixed machine and plant requirements based on capacity requirements
- Different layout variants of the machinery incl. evaluation Evaluation
- Various automation and interlinking concepts incl. evaluation Evaluation
- Dynamic planning with the possibility of processing all technical and organizational influences as well as scenario-based output of all effects
- Defined control logic, manufacturing systems and a rough logistics concept
The project in detail
Project Highlights
Holistic make-or-buy decisions
Complex process-product correlations
Economic evaluation of different variants
