Competition in automotive industry is quite strong thus continuous improvements are required within companies. This makes it easier for them to adapt to the global market and meet the customers’ demands. The machine processing department within the tool repair workshop is engaged in manufacturing tools for sheet metal cold forming. A problem that occurs is determining the efficiency of machines and workforce, given that this is a specific type of work where different variations of products are made as well as in various shapes and sizes. This also isn’t a serialized production of CNC machined parts but individual orders of bending and cutting inserts for tools. It is necessary to determine the standards and criteria that provide insight into the analysis of the current situation and optimization of a new system. The company’s existing information system needs to be upgraded to the extent that the overall efficiency of the company’s equipment can be monitored in real time. We will be using the coefficient of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The implemented system proves to be effective, as solutions and improvements are based on it. It also gives us detailed results of what happens within the work center during the machining process. Parallel to it, the improvement of one of the overall equipment effectiveness factors was tested and proved to be successful. The quality of production and processing times were improved, which was achieved on the basis of a set of instructions or the processing strategy.
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