frabona GmbH

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
is our “single point of truth” for all
production-relevant information.

Carmelo Bonanno
frabona GmbH

For more than 30 years, frabona GmbH has been a medium-sized company in metal processing and is managed in the second generation by the brothers Carmelo Bonanno and Francesco Bonnano. The company manufactures single parts and prototypes but also series of 5,000-10,000 pieces on annual call-off for the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering and optical industries.

To stay at the forefront of the industry, frabona GmbH uses state-of-the-art technology and processing methods. Since 2012, the company has been relying on the quality of DMG MORI machines. It most recently expanded its machinery in 2019 with a CTX beta 1250 TC and a DMU 60 eVo with PH 150, as well as a Robo2Go in 2021.

For Carmelo Bonanno, the main motivation for digitization is optimal control of high capacity utilization. Previously, the company planned its orders with EXCEL and it was impossible to respond to short-term requests with reliable delivery dates. He wants to be able to respond to short-term and surge orders at any time. And for him, that starts with reliable and always up-to-date production planning.

The decisive factor is the networking
of planning and feedback from production.
This is what makes planning so reliable.

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL enables an easy start and short-term feasibility, because the applications are immediately available from the cloud. At frabona the first plan was ready after just one week.

Francesco Bonanno was particularly impressed by the connection between PLANNING BOARD and PRODUCTION FEEDBACK. With PRODUCTION FEEDBACK, he can report the status of production orders directly from the machine or workstation back to PLANNING BOARD. This is what makes planning so reliable.

Since the introduction of
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL,
we have been able to improve our
capacity utilization by 25%.

Currently, the company plans a total of 16 machines and workstations with PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL and can thus close planning gaps and efficiently intercept and distribute order peaks.

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
fits perfectly with our requirements
as a contract manufacturer.