How to go about introducing Lean processes, develop more efficient manufacturing methods and shorten production cycle times is something that Matthias Wistel, process engineering manager at Gaudlitz, had been thinking about for some time. He had long wanted to increase productivity, improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
After several discussions with Werma, Matthias Wistel decided to introduce the Werma WIN system in the mould shop. The mould shop contains different brands of machine with different operating characteristics. Nevertheless Werma was able to configure the signal towers and WIN system to comply with the existing production structure and processes precisely so that these processes could then be optimised.
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