eSFM: Digital Shopfloor Management Flashcards
What are the effects of digitalization?
- Real-time data allows quick response
- Less effort for capturing, processing & visualization of data
- Increase of data availability from processes
- Increase of data quality due to minor failure risk
The effects of digitalization results in what?
Effectiveness
- Increased transparency about processes
- Decisions are based on precise facts & figures
- Digital data is available for prediction based on AI
Efficiency
-Less manpower demanded for data processing, documentation and follow up
What are the benefits of eSFM in the problem-solving process?
Creating Visibility:
increase of the real time level
Creating Transparency:
increase of the real time level
Implementation of prognosis & autonomy
What are consequences of digital Shopfloor Management?
- Increase of data quality due to minor failure risk
- Increase of data availability from processes
- Real-time data allows quick response
- Less effort for capturing, processing & visualization of data
What are types of latency in the digital problem-solving process?
- data latency
- analysis latency
- decision latency
- implementation latency
What is the preparation characteristic of SFM?
Before the SFM Meetings a preparation process is conducted to create the
KPIs and to summarize the problem that occurred in the considered “reporting“ period.
What are the major steps for the SFM preparation process?
Major process steps
- Recording of data
- Processing of data, e.g. framing KPIs
- Visualization of data
How do you evaluate the preparation process?
Evaluation of the process
- Analogue: manually on paper based on observations & discussions
- Digital: manual execution based on digital data, e.g. in Excel
- Automatic: data will be recorded, processed & visualized automatically
What is the purpose of SFM meetings?
Current SFM Meetings are mainly running on manually transferred KPIs & prioritized problems (paper or excel list) gathered from the Preparation Process
- Escalation into the next higher cascade is done manually, mostly verbally
- Documentation of follow up and tracking is executed mostly manually
What are the characterizations of current SFM processes to identify potentials?
Preparation Process
SFM Meetings
Problem Solving
What are the major SFM process steps?
Major process steps
- Check deviations in the fields of SQDCE & additional KPIs
- Define counter measures
- Check progress on problem solving; escalate if support is required
How do you evaluate SFM meetings?
Evaluation of the process
- Visualization*: answer to what happened is given
- Transparency*: answer to why it happened is given
- Prognoses*: answer to the question what will happen is given
- Autonomy: the system derives & executes measures *based on analogue and digital data
What is problem solving in SFM?
The documentation of problem solving processes is conducted on paper-base
with manual date tracking
What are the major process steps of problem solving?
Major process steps
1. Following problem-solving according to PDCA / A3 Problemsolving process
- Derive & implement preventive measures based on prognoses A3 Problem-solving
How do you evaluate problem solving?
Evaluation of the process
The process can be evaluated based on the supported data:
• on premises analogue: Problemsolving process is documented and tracked on paper-base
- anywhere digital: documentation & tracking in document-based systems, e.g. Excel, One Note
- Integrated digital system (MES): access for every stakeholder – link to affected KPI’s is given *based on analogue and digital data
What are the 6 functions that digital SFM solutions can be characterized in regards to functionality?
- Data sourcing
- Content
- Updating
- Vertical integration
- Maintaining
- Connectivity to front end
What is “data sourcing” for eSMF implementation?
Data sourcing has a strong impact on the latency from problem occurrence until the problem becomes transparent. Furthermore it is one of the most time-consuming steps in the SFM process.
Manual records are required in areas where
• data is not available from equipment or systems or
• no interfaces exist
Ideally relevant data is captured by the system or feeded via interfaces by expert systems, e.g. SAP.
Thus latency and manual effort is reduced.
What is “content” for eSMF implementation?
For the SFM process transparency about the existing situation is key to derive effective measures
Transparency/content of data can be provided based on the pure KPIs – thus the problem identification needs to be done within the SFM meeting
In an ideal SFM process the deviations from target and the corresponding measures of the problem-solving process are indicated.
What is “updating” for eSMF implementation?
To reduce the latency from problem occurrence until visualization in a digital SFM real time data needs to be available.
Currently, many systems provide updated data only once a day. This is sufficient in a reporting tool when management reviews once a day.
What is “vertical integration” for eSMF implementation?
As well as in the manual SFM, the digital SFM should support escalation, e.g. from shop level to plant level.
Therefore the digital SFM should be vertically integrated. Based on the integration and continuous escalation, problem-solving will be supported up to the plant level.
What is “maintaining” for eSMF implementation?
Based on the experience of manual SFM, transparency needs to be adopted into the current process situation.
This might require temporary KPIs and tracking of actions which are not considered in the standard implementation.
In this case it is beneficial if the system can be maintained/adopted easily by engineers of the area instead of IT on request.
What is “connectivity to front end” for eSMF implementation?
Connectivity to mobile devices offers
responsible employees transparency
independent of their location. Thus latency
for decisions to support problem-solving can
be reduced. Ideally data is provided on multiplatform applications rather than on a specific
devise located in the area.
What are the different software supporting digital SFM?
Power BI Evatro Rockwell Automation cplace Microsoft Standard Software
What does Power BI do for SFM?
Power BI • Microsoft product • Supported by Daimler IT • Multiple applications for eSFM • No IT know-how required for configuration
What does Evatro do for SFM?
Evatro
• Application in Turkey (Bus & Truck)
• IT supplier for turn key solution
• Tool is based on JavaScript & .NET Framework
What does Rockwell Automation do for SFM?
Rockwell Automation
• Based on MES System
• Integrated system with connector to Process control (PLC)
• Focus on equipment-driven processes
What does cplace do for SFM?
cplace
• Focus on project management
• Application for indirect areas
• Individually configurable
Digital SFM is based on a Project Management tool to make projects transparent, from acquisition to cross charging
What does Microsoft Standard Software do for SFM?
- Solutions based on Sharepoint, Excel & Access
- Mostly individually developed by area without IT support
- Data mostly manually recorded
- limited interfaces to SAP systems and storage of data locally
What is the Truck Management Cockpit (TMC)?
Truck Management Cockpit (TMC) as example of a reporting tool (not for daily SFM):
TMC is used in parallel as a reporting tool in TE and TG
TMC has a central database & numerous interfaces to SAP and quality systems
The organizational/cost center structure is taken into account in TMC
What is DKRUS?
Digital SFM concept developed & specified with a focus on shop floor management during shift & meetings.
