Student practical project
Manage store floor via app
As part of a practical student project with the ESB Business School's Learning Factory, Becos is developing a digital store floor management system that works autonomously. Production data, environmental influences and human needs are taken into account.
"New approaches are needed if we really want to manufacture autonomously in the future. For us as production experts, this includes autonomous communication within production, i.e. employees collaborating with machines and communicating with each other in the interests of efficient production," begins Gerd Rücker, Head of Sales at Becos.
The road to this goal is long and best mastered with students who approach many things completely unencumbered, Rücker knows. And so Becos seized the opportunity to implement a practical project as part of ESB's Learning Factory. The result: a digital store floor management system that works autonomously and, in addition to extensive production data, takes into account various environmental influences and gives employees the opportunity to be deployed flexibly, taking into account their inclinations and well-being.
Employees use the app to record their personal data. Supplemented by physical stress, environmental influences and the respective stresses, the current stress status and the respective energy values can be determined. This is the situation in the project. "It will certainly take some time before it is implemented in practice, but this simulation is a first step towards what manufacturing could look like in the future," emphasizes Rücker.
The production quality and possible faults can also be tracked using software. Faults are automatically recorded and the procurement of spare parts is initiated. Employees can use the app to enter information on improving quality (CIP) directly into the system, where it is processed immediately. Decentralized meetings using the data available in the system help to keep all employees at the same level of knowledge.
The aim is a collaborative system that develops and controls itself and provides employees with tailored support. "Industry 4.0 doesn't mean machines instead of employees, but machines support employees so that very good results can be achieved together," concludes Rücker, adding with a view to the future, "we are excited to see which modules of interactive store floor management can be implemented when and where." as
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