How KraussMaffei has succeeded in end-to-end process mapping
KraussMaffei employs around 4,700 people worldwide and has a global network with 30 subsidiaries.The headquarters of the traditional company has been located in Munich since it was founded in 1838.
In order to free commissioning employees from paper-based activities and enable them to efficiently carry out their value-adding activities on the machine, KraussMaffei decided to go digital.
- -67% Documentation effort
- -1,200 Annual working hours
- 0 scanned paper mountains
With Operations1, we will cover a broad spectrum of our value chain processes in the future.
Project Engineer Process Excellence, KraussMaffei
Status quo
KraussMaffei strongly responds to individual customer requirements when configuring its machines and systems. This entails an extremely complex and time-consuming commissioning process, which until 2021 was still based on paper-based processes.
That is why a cross-location team specifically looked for a software solution to be able to digitally map the documentation along the entire value chain.
Learn how KraussMaffei reduced their processing time by -67% with Operations1
Challenges
Before working with Operations1, commissioning processes were characterized by several media breaks. Initially, bilingual test protocols were created in Word or Excel, which were then printed out and provided in a job folder.
After completion of the commissioning documentation, the documents were scanned and stored in SAP - sometimes up to 350 pages in the case of extensive protocols.
Reasons for choosing Operations1
After extensive market research, internal tests and a comprehensive utility analysis, KraussMaffei decided to work with Operations1.
KraussMaffei was convinced by the high user-friendliness of the platform, the wide range of functions and the easy scalability.
Results
By working with Operations1, KraussMaffei was able to make their commissioning processes more efficient and transparent.
For example, the processing time for extensive documentation was reduced by -67% at the plant in Hanover. At the Munich plant 60 minutes of processing time are saved per machine.
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