
Virtual twins simplify manufacturing processes
Dassault Systèmes, together with Omron, will demonstrate how Virtual Twin technology simplifies the process from factory planning to operation, increases efficiency and enhances flexibility.

Implementing digital store floor management is usually a cost-intensive and lengthy large-scale project. And almost impossible for SMEs to implement on their own. Peakboard is expanding its portfolio with a turnkey standard solution for a quick start in digital shopfloor management - the Apexboard.
Today more than ever, companies need to reconcile economy and ecology. In order to stay ahead of the game, planning and processing must be even more comprehensively networked in S&OP.

The quality of a company's data is the direct basis for productivity, reliable decisions and customer satisfaction.

Transparent production planning and control for the digital factory - 5thIndustry presents the real-time app 5i.Progress. The latest development from the software experts enables intuitive order management for employees in production.

Process mining is more popular than ever and aims to reconstruct inefficiencies on the basis of digital traces in IT systems, thus paving the way for optimization.
Successful collaboration between humans and robots: Bosch Rexroth implements an efficient and safe assistance solution for the precise bolting of motorcycle spokes at the BMW Group plant in Berlin.

Andreas Mühlbauer spoke to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Roth, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Applied Plastics Technology and Head of the VDWF Additive Manufacturing Working Group, about the importance of 3D printing for prototype production and its future trends.
Stecher Automation realizes the Smart Factory with the Matrix cell. Various manufacturing processes can be integrated. The cell links the processes in such a way that several products can be manufactured simultaneously and flexibly. An example of intelligent automation for SMEs.
The construction of new production and chemical plants is time-consuming and requires structured and efficient planning. The "Radical Lead Time Reduction" method, or RLTR for short, helps: it can be used to enormously reduce lead times in plant construction.

Robots perform automated tasks in the body shop at Audi. They often stand on robot consoles along which the various supply and control lines are routed.