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Event Recap: Exploring the Future of Manufacturing, May 22nd 2024
Unveiling the Future if Manufacturing at Siemens Digital Experience Center.
Emixa and WSR Extend Technical Partnership for BTCC 2024
Emixa proudly announces the continuation of its technical partnership with West Surrey Racing (WSR) for the 2024 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. Building on a decade-long collaboration, this partnership leverages Emixa's expertise in Siemens Digital Industries Software to enhance WSR's competitive edge on the track.
The Benefits of Virtual Commissioning of Machines
As market demands for new products intensify, production companies face the challenge of adapting existing lines and commissioning new machines faster. Digital models offer a solution by allowing testing and validation even before the physical systems are installed. The key focus here is time savings, a critical factor in the highly competitive manufacturing landscape. The market's increasing demand for new products and variations shortens product life cycles, emphasising the need for reduced time-to-market. This time pressure extends to machine or line builders and high-tech suppliers, requiring fast delivery of new machines and adapted production lines. To meet these demands, companies are implementing complex systems and automation, leading to a growing presence of electronic components and control code. Before adding a new automation system to your manufacturing process, it's crucial to thoroughly check and test it. This ensures that the mechanical and electronic components in the control system work together seamlessly. Errors show up too late Discovering errors too late is a common challenge in the traditional commissioning process. The preparation for commissioning, involving checks and tests, is typically a physical procedure conducted on the actual machines. Consequently, commissioning occurs at the end of the development cycle, post-engineering and production completion. When errors surface at this stage, rectifying them often demands a substantial amount of time and financial resources. Identifying these problems earlier in the process could have led to quicker and more cost-effective solutions. And that's not to mention the extra pressure imposed by the client when the project is delayed. The client then cannot start production as planned and inevitably loses a lot of money. Another scenario involves adapting an existing production line, which requires a halt to make necessary component adjustments and conduct a test run. This interruption has considerable effects, causing production delays and significant time losses during testing. In practice, we see that many companies still follow this conventional approach, conducting machine or line commissioning on-site. This leads to considerable time loss compared to competitors who conduct digital commissioning tests. With a digital model, a digital twin of the production line or machine, companies can virtually simulate line adjustments or the integration of a new machine. Virtual commissioning In virtual commissioning, the written PLC code is linked to the virtual model instead of the physical one. This allows the validation of the entire line or machine operation at an early stage, with engineers visually observing the machine's performance. This visual aspect proves crucial in identifying minor errors or problems that might otherwise go unnoticed. If issues arise in the simulation, it is possible to quickly adjust the necessary elements within the digital model. This approach enables checking and adjusting the complete process control virtually before proceeding to the actual on-site construction once everything is in order. Digital models provide advantages for clients as well. They gain insight into the machine's eventual operation at an early stage, ensuring clear communication and refining client requirements early in the process. It also allows clients to train employees worldwide to operate the machine before the physical machine is built. Utilising the digital twin for designing, validating, and commissioning a line or machine has numerous benefits, including: Reduction in the total development time of each project Shorter commissioning period Reduction in total costs Importantly, this method not only results in significant time and money savings but also allows the existing line to continue production during the adaptation phase. It also ensures better scheduling and execution of the actual, physical adaptation of the line, minimising the impact on production staff. Get in touch Shifting to virtual testing and setup is a big move. At Emixa, we take a practical step-by-step approach. Curious to learn more? Contact us, and we'll provide further details.
How Retailers Create an Optimal Omnichannel Customer Experience
Customers seamlessly switch between your website, social media, and physical stores every day. Did you know that more than half of customers use three to five channels for a single purchase? What once seemed revolutionary is now the standard: the omnichannel approach.
Process Mining: The Accelerator for a Successful S/4HANA Migration
You may already be familiar with SAP's future plans: within the next five years, support from SAP for SAP ECC will no longer exist. 2027 may still seem far away, but without the right approach, S/4HANA migration processes can be experienced as lengthy and complex affairs. That is why this deadline still creates the necessary time pressure. Fortunately, Process Mining can provide a solution for a correct approach that allows the deadline to be met without time pressure.
Manufacturing Menu: Enhance Your Business with Streamlined Processes
While manufacturing companies are primarily focused on production, they can only execute their core tasks thanks to a diverse set of supporting processes. Consider, for example, visitor registration, reserving the right rooms for meetings, enriching data and processing returns or repairs correctly.
LMtec Digital Solutions completes rebranding to Emixa
Emixa, the leading SAP/Siemens/Mendix technology partner, is finalizing the latest phase of its rebranding to one brand. The most recent acquisition LMtec Digital Solutions rebrands to Emixa DACH as of today!
Construction Problems? Solve it by Building Modularly
We have good and bad news for the construction industry in the Netherlands. The good news: there is plenty of work due to the housing shortage. The bad news? We cannot solve this by building alone. A shortage of personnel and the nitrogen problem, among other things, require attention. Modular construction can offer a solution, but this requires a critical re-evaluation of the processes at construction companies.
Employees App for Custom Communication and Collaboration at Aartsen
In collaboration with Emixa, Team Aartsen developed a versatile and user-friendly mobile application with calling functionality. The preference was to develop the app entirely according to their specific needs. In this article, you'll learn more about the collaboration between Aartsen and Emixa and how this custom solution came to fruition.