The Activplant Performance Management System for Interior Module and Seating plants is the only comprehensive configurable system that delivers world class manufacturing metrics on production results against targets and tells you where, when, how and why production is being lost. It is specifically designed to deliver actionable manufacturing intelligence for Interior Module and Seating plants.

But beyond that having gathered, reported and generated an analysis of production results and losses across the entire plant it provides an actionable roadmap based on world class manufacturing best practices on how to use this intelligence to eliminate the losses.

The system is based on almost a decade of manufacturing intelligence experience, lean manufacturing principles and the best practices of leading manufacturing companies.

The Activplant Performance Management System is a proven solution consisting of:

• the market leading EMI software platform Activplant,
• a set of pre-configured profiles that deliver a pre-defined data collection, reports and analysis templates designed for your specific type of plant,
• an operations methodology that will help you drive results,
• an implementation methodology to accelerate implementation
• implementations services to ensure success

Interior Module and Seating Plant Challenges

As the one responsible for ensuring production, cost, quality and delivery targets for a Interior Module and Seating plant you have to deal with:

• maintaining quality standards
• managing labor costs
• ensuring the proper build to sequence mix and component sequencing to final assembly
• minimizing model changeover times
• maximizing line throughput

Sample Analytical Reports and Tools

Key performance indicators for the line by shift.

Constraint Analysis

This Constraint Analysis view shows the impact of relatively limited downtime of each station has on the overall availability of the line. This is the start of further analysis on the causes of individual station downtime.

How Activplant Performance Management System Solves Interior Module and Seating Challenges

Based on the Activplant Operations Methodology six best practices, the Activplant Performance Management System solves the problems facing Interior Module and Seating plants by:

Improving line balance (Best Practice #1 – Streamline process flows to reduce cycle time losses ) - Activplant Performance Management System collects detailed breakdowns of every asset’s cycle time and provides a set of analytical reports tools, including a Takt time chart, and methods to help identify problems and streamline the process flow.

Reducing unscheduled downtime (Best Practice #3 – Assure Availability ): Activplant Performance Management System tracks downtime event duration and occurrences for every asset and delivers a set of analytical reports tools and methods that can quickly identify offending assets or lines and the causes of downtime.

Minimizing process variation (Best Practice #5 – Six Sigma Process Control): Activplant Performance Management System gathers critical process metrics for each station and component to help ensure each meets specification. Activplant Performance Management System also provides analytical reports, tools and methods that can quickly identify offending assets or lines and the causes of rejects or quality issues. Each component and its process metrics is tracked through serial number and source/lot code to ensure traceability.

Activplant Performance Management System Key Performance Indicators and Value Drivers

• Improve productivity
• Reduce scrap and rework expense
• Reduce overtime variance