Tools & Services
Where production experts help each other
Lean
Wertstromanalyse - WSD
Lean method
The value stream analysis creates a transparent visualisation of the value creation steps in our processes. However, it also reveals where double handling, unnecessary effort and waste are hidden.
Die Q-plus Methode
Lean method
There are many systematic problem-solving methods (Q+, PDCA, A3, 8D, DMAIC, ...). The Q-Plus method is simple and, above all, lays the foundation for good solutions with a thorough problem description.
KPI and Office Scorecard
Lean method
In an "office scorecard", the purpose of the organisational unit is presented as a measurable criterion (success or performance indicator) and two or more influencing factors (driver variables or disturbance variables) on this success indicator are measured.
OEE-Optimierung
Lean method
The added value in our factory depends crucially on whether the systems are running and therefore on the OEE / GEFF.
Lean and TPM now aim to recognise all losses in the systems and reduce them step by step.
Sehen lernen - den 7 Verschwendungsarten auf der Spur
Lean method
Lean aims to avoid waste. To do this, we have to "learn to see" and discover the waste.
Prozessmapping im Office
Lean method
In contrast to production processes, office processes are almost invisible. This makes transparent visualisation all the more important for the team.
Works quick check
Lean Benchmarking
The works check is based on an assessment of success factors in 8 key areas. In the brief assessment, you can set a value from 1-10 yourself.
Office Excellence Check
Lean Benchmarking
Office Excellence offers a system for employee-orientated improvement of indirect processes. The corresponding tools are organised in levels so that the overall process remains understandable for those involved and implementation can be structured.
Office check - Lean basics
Lean Benchmarking
The Quick-Check Office - Lean Basics is designed for departments and teams and assesses how well they are on the way to office excellence and efficient work processes.
Office-Check - Work 4.0
Lean Benchmarking
The Office Check - Work 4.0 is intended for departments and teams and assesses how far they have come on the path to innovative, digital working structures.
10 workshop concepts for process improvements
Lean method
Robert Hierl is considered a master of continuous improvement. He has studied the culture of improvement in Japan and led it to success here in Germany. Now he shares his path to success.
Value stream mapping & process plan - The combination power('s)
Lean method
When people are faced with problems, it's good to have experts on hand.
If they find a solution, we quickly become reverent and think that these solutions will always help. More and more people want to jump on the bandwagon.
Agile Teams im Produktionsumfeld
Webinar
Die Welser Profile GmbH
setzt seit vielen Jahren innovative Organisationsformen und Lean um. Shopfloormanagement, Teamtafeln, KVP und Teamarbeit sind gelebte Praxis. Der nächste Schritt ist, agile Methoden und Prinzipien auch in den Produktionsprozessen zu nutzen.
Green
Farbe bekennen beim Klimaschutz – Warum nichts tun unnötig teuer wird
Net Zero Best Practice
Unternehmen müssen Farbe bekennen beim Klimaschutz. Denn nichts tun wird unnötig teuer. Dabei zeigt Bosch als erster CO₂-neutraler Industriekonzern der Welt, dass Pflichten und Chancen eng beieinander liegen. Bosch spart heute in seinen Werken einerseits über 40% Energiekosten pro Teil ein und punktet zusätzlich mit seiner Klimastrategie bei CDP-Lieferantenratings seiner Kunden, bei Zinsverhandlungen mit Banken und durch ein effektives CSRD-Nachhaltigkeits-Reporting.
New paths to a cost-effective energy supply
Net Zero Best Practice
Professor Alexander Sauer from Fraunhofer IPA counters with concepts such as the ultra-efficient factory, with bio-intelligent value chains, but also with tools that are already available today that not only make our energy systems CO2-neutral, but also cost-efficient in order to be prepared for volatile and local energy generation.
Climate-positive production - how does it work?
Net Zero Best Practice
Climate-neutral production is no longer a vision of the future for the medium-sized company elobau, but has been a reality since 2010. But the climate pioneer from Leutkirch wanted even more and, in addition to its own emissions (Scope 1 & 2), also recorded all emissions that occur along the value chain of its own products (Scope 3).
What makes an energy self-sufficient plant tick?
Net Zero Best Practice
The best example of this is the Allgäu-based plant manufacturer Alois Müller with its largest, almost energy self-sufficient production and office building in the world. In fact, the daily weather forecast at the start of work determines work scheduling and machine utilisation. This is particularly true for energy-intensive processes.
Green products and black numbers
Net Zero Best Practice
The German market leader for household cleaners is serious. With its “Frosch” products, the Mainz-based company Werner & Mertz continues to set new standards for a functioning circular economy that go far beyond its own industry.
- Packaging made from 100% recycled plastic
- Environmentally friendly and biodegradable ingredients
- High-quality upcycling instead of inferior downcycling
- Innovations from the yellow bag material
Digital
The digital check for your factory
Industry 4.0 Benchmarking
Put your production processes to the test. Are you fit for Industry 4.0?
Benefit from immediate feedback with detailed benchmark comparisons and tips for self-help
How the smart factory works safely
Industrie 4.0 Reifegrad
Production has no future without digitalisation. Johann Hofmann, Germany's No. 1 Industry 4.0 expert, condenses his experience into a 30-minute webinar and uses five "natural laws of digitalisation" to explain how the smart factory can be a success
AI in production - stumbling blocks, tips & tricks
Webinar
Data doesn't produce anything, but it can be used to improve production. Approaches such as ChatGPT have virtually triggered an AI hype in the industry. "General world knowledge" becomes available at the touch of a button through such "large language models".
Digitisation of machines in three minutes
Getting started with digitalisation
Discover a technology that can digitise machines within three minutes using an IP68 smartphone. Learn more about the set-up process, including the placement of sensors, and see how the smartphone can switch on, heat up and monitor a coffee machine.
Die digitale Fabrik für jedermann
Webinar
Erfahrung ist durch nichts zu ersetzen. Und davon hat Bosch bei der Digitalisierung seiner rund 400 Fabriken reichlich gesammelt. So setzt Bosch heute Softwaretools ein, die eine Digitalisierung quasi als Plug&Play-Lösung möglich machen.
Die besten KI-Anwendungen für die Fabrik
Webinar
Moderne Fabriken produzieren immer mehr Daten. Nur ein Bruchteil davon wird allerdings von MES- und ERP-Systemen für die tatsächliche Steuerung der Fabrik verwendet. Und der Rest? Meist gehen die Daten verloren oder wandern ungenutzt in die Cloud. Gemeinsam mit Industrie 4.0 Pionier Johann Hofmann und dem Data Analysten Dr. André Kempe diskutieren wir praxisnahe KI-Use Cases.