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Featured Customer Success
Webasto Roof Systems
Webasto, an automotive parts manufacturer headquartered in Stockdorf, Germany, has been a Tier One Supplier of roof, temperature
management, and body systems for over 100 years. Their OEM sunroof operation has manufacturing facilities throughout Michigan and
Kentucky. As a sunroof supplier, one of the many quality requirements they have to adhere to is sequencing of sunroofs for specialized
shipping to ensure that the particular model/color of each sunroof arrives at the assembly plant in the correct automotive build order.
As such, Webasto outlined several objectives that they needed to attain:
- Ensure accurate ILVS (In-Line Vehicle Sequencing) shipments
- Eliminate costly and ineffective manual inspections
- Ensure uninterrupted error proofing process
- Build a scalable error proofing system with rapid low cost installation
To meet these objectives, Webasto implemented the ToolWorx End of Line Error Proofing System. This “Smart Printer” system eliminates
the need for PCs on the shop floor and ensures uninterruptible operations even if the corporate network and/or mainframe are unavailable.
At the rack loading operation, an operator scans two labels on each sunroof into the Smart Printer which then matches the labels against
each other and the sequence broadcast from the assembly plant. Only after all sunroofs on the rack are verified does the Smart Printer
print out the appropriate shipping label, an error proofing methodology known as “earning the label”. Since implementing the ToolWorx
system, Webasto has not experienced one out-of-sequence shipment and has consistently met and exceeded all customer standards for
sequencing.
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ToolWorx Products :: ToolWorx SmartPack™ End-of-Line Error Proofing System
ELIMINATE PACKING ERRORS FROM:
- MIXING LEFT-HAND / RIGHT-HAND PARTS
- LABEL DOESN'T MATCH PARTS
- INCORRECT QUANTITY
- OUT-OF-SEQUENCE PARTS
- ...AND MUCH MUCH MORE
ToolWorx has developed a unique end-of-line error proofing system
to ensure that any parts being packed and/or sequenced are correct
before they are stored/shipped. This system combines the ToolWorx
PLC Printer "Smart Printer" with our PTServer
enterprise system to eliminate errors before they occur.
The concept is simple:
- Label parts as they are manufactured with the PLC Printer using signals directly from the PLC
- Extract shipping label data from a customer's ERP, EDI, or labeling system for variable customer specific label
fields or just run standalone
- Scan the parts into the "Smart Printer" and compare to the correct sequence or just ensure that parts match, etc.
- Print the container label(s)
That's all there is, and there's no need for any PC's at the line, just a printer. In addition, this system also handles
direct part marks using Data Matrix codes. It's the most economical, secure, and easy-to-use system ever developed to ensure
that you don't ever get fined or marked down for misshipping or mislabeling.
Here's all you do:
#1 --> Scan
#2 --> Validate/Print
This system has virtually unlimited flexibility in connecting with data collection devices as follows:
A brochure in PDF format on ToolWorx
SmartPack™ can be downloaded by clicking here.
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here for Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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