Accelerated Processes & Reduced Downtimes through Real-Time Localization
Realtime Operations for Special Vehicle Manufacturing: Efficient procurement, production, and maintenance processes for customer-specific projects with specific requirements and demands.
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Challenges in Special Vehicle Manufacturing
Complex Supply Relationships
To reduce costs, cheaper production sites are being developed and new suppliers integrated. Supply routes are getting longer, and your procurement network is changing with greater dynamics.
Cost and Competitive Pressure
Global competition is becoming more intense. The pressure to reduce production costs is steadily increasing. Therefore, streamlining processes across the entire value chain from suppliers to customers is continuously in your focus.
Skill Shortage
Finding skilled employees is becoming increasingly difficult. High labor costs and personnel shortages must not lead to a competitive disadvantage. Therefore, your processes need to be more digitized and automated.
How Real-Time Track & Trace Works in Special Vehicle Manufacturing
Minimization of Search Efforts
There are many similar carrier vehicles on the factory premises, which can only be distinguished by their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Incomplete documentation leads to unclear information about which vehicle is located where. Attachments are distributed across various warehouses, making it difficult to quickly find needed parts.
With Asset Tracking
- 100% transparency over locations
- Real-time location display via a central platform
- Automatic notifications for movements or position changes
- Quick findability of order-related vehicles and components
Avoidance of Production Downtimes
Special vehicles are produced based on individual customer requirements. If the appropriate vehicle or attachment is not found in time, production downtimes threaten, causing high costs and impairing overall productivity.
With Asset Tracking
- Real-time localization of vehicles and attachments
- Automatic notifications for missing or moved parts
- Timely provision of all components
- Reduction of production downtimes through quick availability
Increase in Employee Productivity
The shortage of qualified specialists, especially in the fields of electrical engineering, software development, and logistics, poses a major challenge for the industry. Unfortunately, employees in manufacturing companies are often occupied with time-consuming manual tasks due to a lack of digitization: scanning and booking processes, inventorying, and search operations keep them from value-adding tasks.
With Asset Tracking
- Automation of manual activities
- Reduction of non-productive tasks for existing employees
- Increase in workplace attractiveness through modern technologies
Continuous Process Improvement
To remain competitive, logistical processes must be continuously reviewed and improved. Data on material flows, idle and downtime, or lead times are only limitedly available and evaluable. Often, decisions are still made based on gut feeling and subjective experience.
With Asset Tracking
- Automated collection of logistics data
- Better decisions through extensive data base
- Illuminate processes outside your own infrastructure
- Create valuable data basis for AI applications
Increased Transparency in the Supply Chain
The procurement of components for special vehicles often takes place across countries. However, global supply chains are still susceptible to disruptions, which can lead to delivery delays. This requires precise planning and high flexibility in logistics.
With Asset Tracking
- Real-time monitoring of the status and location of components
- Early detection and reporting of supply chain disruptions
- Improvement of planning through transparent data
- Increase in material availability rate for all necessary components
Benefits of Using Track & Trace in Special Vehicle Manufacturing
Material Availability
Increase in JIT material availability rate for all necessary components
Lead Time
Reduction of lead time per vehicle from order placement to delivery
Process Efficiency
Increase in process efficiency and reduction of manual effort
Timeliness
Increase in the proportion of on-time delivered vehicles
Are untraceable assets causing production downtimes?
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