Oct 2, 2023
About the Customer
Engineering Industries eXcellence has reached a new milestone in an industrial innovator’s end-to-end Industry 4.0 digital transformation initiative. Our customer is a designer and manufacturer of bearings and engineered products for machinery-intensive businesses. Much like Engineering IndX, this innovator specializes in the implementation of customized solutions across industrial sectors such as Aerospace, Space & Defense, Automotive & Industrial Machinery, and Medical Device Manufacturing. The bearings manufacturer chose our Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) team to identify and implement digital solutions that will improve system connection, data synchronization and visibility across their enterprise operations.
- Aerospace and defense manufacturing
- Automotive and industrial machinery manufacturing
- Discrete manufacturing
- Piece-part manufacturing
- Industrial bearing design and manufacturing
The Customer’s Need
Modern manufacturing is a complex and delicate process which relies on streamlined data, effective communication, real-time production visibility and a handful of other critical factors. Aware of this fact and dedicated to innovation, the customer sought digital solutions to eliminate paper-based processes and future-proof their manufacturing. Engineering Industries eXcellence was chosen as the right strategic partner to guide the bearings innovator on their transformation journey and help them achieve the following goals:
- Consolidate and synchronize data across manufacturing systems
- Reduce reliance on tribal knowledge for driving operations
- Simplify production work content delivery to shop floor users
- Connect stakeholders through a single source of data truth
- Improve visibility of factory operations such as machining, scheduling and execution
About the Project
In the first phase of this transformation initiative, our Manufacturing Operations Management experts conducted a series of Industry 4.0 Assessments at the customer’s main industrial bearings production facility. After gathering requirements from various business units, reviewing system integration capabilities and mapping the interconnectivity of the customer’s production processes, our team was able to deliver a comprehensive digital manufacturing solution roadmap that outlined the right software products for their unique needs and next steps forward. Upon customer approval, our team was also selected to lead the implementation of the chosen solutions.
First, our technical team configured and deployed Siemens Opcenter Execution Discrete as the customer’s new Manufacturing Execution System (MES). In addition, our Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) experts implemented Siemens Opcenter Advanced Planning & Scheduling. Next, our team began to build out a number of advanced system integrations between the customer’s MES, S&OP, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) & Key Performance Indicator (KPI) monitoring technologies. This process also involved the simultaneous training of the operators and end-users. In the next phase, our experts will integrate the customer’s existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to the new MOM ecosystem, enabling the connection of systems, processes, people and data across the entire Digital Thread.
- Conducted on-site Industry 4.0 assessments across the customer’s enterprise processes
- Delivered a comprehensive digitalization roadmap and solution implementation plan
- Provided expert consulting services for the customer’s software vendor selection
- Implemented and integrated advanced solutions for MES, OEE & KPI monitoring, and S&OP
- Integration between new MES and customer’s PLM and ERP systems
- Designed and delivered a seamless Digital Thread for Industry 4.0
Engineering’s Expertise
Engineering Industries eXcellence is an industry-leading global competence hub comprised of business process analysts, technical experts and integration specialists who can deliver the best digital solutions and services on the market. Our niche knowledge across all the processes and systems of the product lifecycle, manufacturing operations and decision science have given us the capabilities to help this industrial bearings manufacturer define, design, implement and continuously innovate their business.
- Deep knowledge of customer’s complex systems and requirements
- Strong understanding of industry-specific manufacturing processes and data
- Expert integration expertise across industrial systems and processes
- End-to-end portfolio of Digital Thread solutions and services
- Long-standing Smart Expert Partner in Siemens Opcenter product portfolio
