Head Start in Production: Digital Planning Board on every Terminal

End-to-end digitization of the processes boosts efficiency. The latest example is the PLANNING BOARD, part of the cloud-based DMG MORI PLANNING & CONTROL – SME EDITION, developed by the DMG MORI subsidiary ISTOS. The manual planning software with assist functions to visualize utilization and capacity is easy to operate and replaces conventional planning boards or Excel spreadsheets.

Prototype production within 48 hours 

With its well-equipped shop floor, Jörg Lintzen GmbH has for many years been able to respond flexibly and at short notice to changing order situations. Machines from the DMG MORI portfolio installed on the shop floor include DMU 40 eVo linear and DMU 65 monoBLOCK 5-axis simultaneous machining centers plus high-precision turning centers in the NLX series. “With these machines we produce a wide range of components and can realize complex geometries to the required tolerances reliably”, says Stefan Hempel, Managing Director of Jörg Lintzen GmbH. And Joshua Hempel, his son, adds: “We produce prototypes within 48 hours.”

Reliable PRODUCTION PLANNING despite daily changing requirements 

Jörg Lintzen GmbH has experienced strong growth in recent years thanks to its customer- oriented corporate philosophy and has often received large orders from suppliers to automobile manufacturers. “We were confronted with the challenge of meeting their delivery schedules”, recalls Stefan Hempel. The demand changed weekly and even daily while meeting schedules remained the top priority. Joshua Hempel recalls: “It became increasingly difficult to plan the utilization of our capacity reliably with job cards and a planning board.”

Digitized production is the future 

Joshua Hempel takes an all-embracing view of the regular investments in its machine tools, but also says: “The market shows more and more clearly that modern CNC technology, well qualified staff and CAD / CAM alone are no longer enough to counter the price pressure of the global competition.” He wants to address this development with digitization. “We see great potential for sustainably optimizing our processes in order to ensure our longterm competitiveness.” The intention is to consistently slim down procedures before and after actual machining.

Cloud-based, maintenance-free and ready for operation in a few hours 

DMG MORI actively promotes the digitization of production, so Jörg Lintzen GmbH has found in the machine tool manufacturer an experienced and reliable partner for the future. Joshua Hempel found the DMG MORI PLANNING & CONTROL – SME EDITION, which includes the tooling PLANNING BOARD, PRODUCTION FEEDBACK and PRODUCTION COCKPIT, particularly impressive: “Easy to use, cloud-based, affordable software was important for me.” His personal highlight is the PLANNING BOARD, a manual planning software with assist functions and a user-friendly interface. “Our first production plan was ready in just a few hours. After ten days the PLANNING BOARD had completely replaced our own planning boards.” The team can now visualize our capacity and its utilization realistically and manage them efficiently. Being a cloud-based system, the PLANNING BOARD can be combined with other tools such as PRODUCTION FEEDBACK. This can directly report back to PRODUCTION PLANNING the status of production orders and their completion, with time taken and the number of parts produced as well as any malfunctions. “This enables needs-based planning in real-time and means we can increase productivity and availability even more”, claims Joshua Hempel.

Head start in production 

Joshua Hempel and his team have great plans for the DMG MORI PLANNING & CONTROL – SME EDITION: “With the PLANNING BOARD and PRODUCTION FFEDBACK we are working towards a future with a head start and can proceed with digitization step-by-step.”

Jörg Lintzen GmbH
Mühlenweg 28
34246 Vellmar
Germany
www.lintzen-feinmechanik.de

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