Integration of MES + WMS Objective Systems
Challenges and Solutions
Challenge
- Create transparency across all production and logistics processes: downtime and breakdown logs, real-time information, validation and recording of quality controls, among others.
- Digitalize and automate interaction with suppliers throughout the entire supply chain.
- Implement an MES and WMS solution capable of managing operations and the wide range of Picanol’s processes and activities, including:
- Automated warehouses
- Continuous integration of AGVs into the logistics chain
- Logistics flows
- Tray kitting
- Pallet kitting
- Production digitalization and full operations management in a production line with 10 workstations, involving over 200 employees in the sewing machine assembly process
Solution
- Integrated MES and WMS on a single platform and provider, where all information is recorded and managed centrally
- Control of warehouse inbound and outbound flows, as well as inventory across the entire supply chain
- Just-in-time & just-in-sequence delivery of packages and materials at the right moment, in the right order, and at the right place
- Sequencing of manufacturing and work orders by requiring each action to be fully completed and recorded before the next one begins
Results
- High level of transparency: real-time visibility across all processes, from data capture, goods reception, and work orders to production and outbound logistics
- Faster error and downtime detection, reducing delays and costs, improving quality, and enhancing plant OEE efficiency
- Comprehensive monitoring of production and full traceability of logistics operations, enabling better decision-making through reliable and secure data
testimonial
“Together with the MES Objective system, we are driving the digital transformation of Picanol Group’s production processes.”
Mart Vervisch
IT Project Manager
