ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, headquartered in Waiblingen, Germany, develops and manufactures chainsaws and motorized garden tools with around 1,000 employees within prototyping department. In a demanding environment of additive manufacturing, metalworking and electronics, transparency, reliable production data and stable production control are decisive for quality, delivery reliability and operational efficiency.
Initial Situation
Production at STIHL is characterized by complex processes, high part variety and demanding planning requirements. Production data was not consistently available in a structured form, which made transparency, fine planning and the analysis of process deviations more difficult.
Solutions
S4P delivered solutions for operation planning, fine planning and the structured capture of production data in order to improve transparency across the manufacturing processes. This creates a reliable data basis for production control, the analysis of process deviations and continuous improvement on the shopfloor.
Modules used: The solutions mainly comprised tools for operation planning (AVO), advanced fine planning (APS) and production data acquisition (BDE). These modules support the planning, control and feedback of relevant manufacturing information within an end-to-end digital environment.
Results / Benefits
Better availability and usability of production data make it possible to plan, control and evaluate processes with greater transparency. This supports faster reactions to deviations, improves the information basis for fine planning and creates an important foundation for efficient workflows, higher process reliability and data-based process improvement.
Project Brief
- Company: ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG
- Location: Waiblingen, Germany
- Employees: around 1,000 within prototyping department
- Industry: Additive manufacturing, metalworking, electronics
- Products: Chainsaws and motorized garden tools
- ERP system: SAP ERP
- S4P solutions: AVO, APS, BDE
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Relevant solutions for this reference are MES/APS factory software for digital production and 4BDE for intelligent production data acquisition. These solutions help to make production data usable, create transparency and improve manufacturing processes on a data-driven basis.