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In the third of this series of articles, discover the steps required to make the fourth industrial revolution a reality. Image: Chillicom, FANUC_R-2000iB_series_robot_127; flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) This article was first published in the Summer 2015 issue of OnWindows. Technology hypes are often followed by the trough of disillusionment. But it is sometimes only during [...]

This article explores the success story at KMWE who are globalising at a rapid tempo. We are focussing on their global support group, the pitfalls and successes as their journey develops.KMME describes themselves as a reliable supplier and partner to the high tech equipment industry and aerospace. They have manufacturing locations and partnerships in The [...]

Customer's Engine and Powertrain Plant in Turkey manufactures engines which are sent to their other facilities internationally. A project was recently completed to make ATS Inspect the standard visualisation platform of their door to door processes allowing them to see the full details of all their production and pin point the root cause of problems [...]

ATS ADOS Manufacturing Data Collection, Reporting, and Analysis Suite Received the New Product Innovation Award from Frost & Sullivan.Based on its recent analysis of the plant data management and quality optimization solutions market for discrete industries, Frost & Sullivan recognizes ATS International with the Global Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. ATS International’s [...]

Medical devices save lives and transform people’s quality of life. They are typically designed by surgeons who give little thought to Design for Manufacture.Manufacturing IT solutions are however available to ensure that medical devices can be produced compliantly and repeatedly. ATS are working with multi-national medical device manufacturers helping them transform their manufacturing processes, from [...]

ATS provided Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) consultancy for Allergan Pharmaceutical in 2013, helping Allergan evaluate their requirement for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).During this 6 month project, two of ATS’s MOM consultants worked on-site following ATS’s ‘Work Packages’ approach to system selection. The consultants provided training, completed an AS-IS assessment, wrote a detailed business case, [...]

4 out of 10 largest 2013 automobile producing companies are using ATS’s products in their quality management and reporting: 1. Toyota- Vehicles Produced (2013): 10,104,424 2. General Motors- Vehicles Produced (2013): 9,285,425 3. Volkswagen- Vehicles Produced (2013): 9,254,742 4. Hyundai- Vehicles Produced (2013): 7,126,413 5. Ford- Vehicles Produced (2013): 5,595,483 6. Nissan- Vehicles Produced (2013): [...]

I recently attended an Automotive conference where the presenter talked about Straight Through Ratios (STR). What he meant was a vehicle that went through the full assembly process without a single fault being detected.He showed a live screen with today’s statistics, presented on a huge Andon Board (LCD screen) along the assembly line. Only 32% [...]