User Report: Diehl Controls

MES solution FASTEC 4 PRO at Diehl Controls, Wangen site.

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The FASTEC 4 PRO Software Solution at Diehl Controls

Among industrial companies, the competition for the “Factory of the Year/Global Excellence in Operations” award is considered one of the toughest benchmark competitions in Europe. The overall winner in 2015 was Diehl Controls in Wangen. The company impressed the jury with its transparent and fully automated production line. The MES FASTEC 4 PRO made a decisive contribution to this success.
Diehl Controls is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electronic components for the household appliance industry (appliances) and hardware and software as well as backend solutions for intelligent energy management systems in buildings.

Short and Precise

Factory of the Year 2015 with Transparent, Fully Automated Production Lines

In addition to its business activities in the appliance sector, Diehl Controls has also accommodated Connectivity Solutions at its site in Wangen. The plant’s machinery now comprises seven speed lines – the largest of which, with a length of 86 meters, now consists of 73 modules. There is also a test and assembly line and three SMT lines.

Decision in Favor of FASTEC Due to the High Flexibility of the MES
The go-ahead for the introduction of an MES system at Diehl Controls in Wangen was given in 2009. Until then, the company had been using the self-developed system “My MDA” to bring transparency to the production process through monitoring. Due to the high costs and manpower required to operate the system, the management board decided to replace “My MDA” with a commercial MES system. The main reason for choosing FASTEC was the high flexibility of FASTEC 4 PRO – a decision that proved to be the right one against the background of the further development of Diehl Controls in Wangen.

Lean Management in Its Purest Form
The corporate philosophy of Diehl Controls is characterized by transparency, common goals and fairness towards the individual employees. Information and communication are essential prerequisites for this. A term that has gained in importance both in this context and in connection with Industry 4.0 is store floor management: the presentation of production-relevant information, tailored to the respective target group, in the middle of production plays a central role in this.

Monitoring in Almost Every Department
Stefan Wespel reports: “At the beginning, we didn’t use the FASTEC system as intensively as we do today – partly because we weren’t yet aware of the potential of FASTEC. Our efforts to continue developing our production in the direction of Industry 4.0 led us to take a close look at this tool. We have used it to make production more transparent and the preparation of data easier and more comprehensible for everyone, so that everyone can work with it without any problems. The system has paid off for us, especially in recent years, because we can use it in a large number of departments and adapt it flexibly to the requirements of the departments. Monitoring has become indispensable for our production today.”

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FASTedge SFT15

The 15-inch touch terminal is required for each machine. It has a universal RFID reader and two digital inputs for machine connection as standard.

Terminal, Shopfloor, Tablet, Produktion, FASTedge, MES, MES-Einstieg, FASTEC

FASTedge Box

Both the terminals and the machines are connected to the EdgeBox via LAN or WiFi. The cloud connection is made via your network or mobile communications. At least one EdgeBox is required. The system can later be moved to your own server.

Edgebox, MES-Einstieg, MES, Edge, Hardware, FASTEC, FASTedge

User

Personal users are required to report the collected data. The number of employees involved in data acquisition in your production does not matter.

Systems

Each line and machine in your production is licensed individually.

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