Customer references

The PPS software has a very good balance
between functionality and complexity. The
price-performance ratio is convincing.

Frank Ortmanns
MASCHINENBAU ORTMANNS GmbH

Since 2007, Frank Ortmanns has been managing the manufacturing company that his father founded in 1989 - in second generation. Started as a pure mechanical engineering company, the company has increasingly focused on manufacturing in recent years. As a classic contract manufacturer, the company produces small batches and prototypes - primarily for customers in the automotive and food industries as well as in hydraulics.

Frank Ortmanns reached his limits with the previous planning solution. It was a pure planning board without any intelligence. Limited resources could not be taken into account. With the introduction of Connected Manufacturing of Hoffmann Group and the associated increase in productivity, the company needed a new digital tool. One in which the resource "human" could also be planned reasonably.

The choice fell on the production planning software PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL. The comparison with other solutions showed Frank Ortmanns: There is only "Pro or No". This is a challenge for companies of his size, because large systems are complex in functionality and costly to introduce.

The goal of digitization was higher transparency, reliable delivery dates and shorter buffer times for higher capacity utilization. Therefore, it should be possible to freely define the buffer times between the individual work steps. This ensures optimal capacity utilization and subsequent work steps are not affected.

The buffer times come from the ERP system TaxMetall. Therefore, the interface between the PPS software and TaxMetall was a decisive criterion. Standard PRODUCTION CONNECT interfaces eliminate time-consuming and cost-intensive development projects and applications can be introduced much faster.

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL is easy to use. There is not much to explain and it is very clear. Our goal is to use PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL to further improve delivery reliability and to be able to state concrete delivery dates.

Maximilian Stark
Zero.Point.Systems GmbH

Zero.Point.Systems GmbH, based in Götzis, Austria, was founded in 2002 by Günther Stark and specializes in the development of zero point clamping systems. Since 2014, the company has been managed by Maximilian Stark, who continues to pursue the goal of producing the highest quality and offering individual solutions.

In doing so, Maximilian Stark relies on the machine tools as well as the digitization solutions from DMG MORI. His goal is to further improve delivery reliability.

In 2017, order intake increased significantly. The number of machines and employees has also doubled since then. Managing the manufacturing processes manually so that it is transparent has prompted the company to digitize its manufacturing processes. The planned workload is so high, even for months at a time, that it would no longer be possible to make reliable statements about delivery dates without digital planning.

In order to optimize the order throughput, he uses the planning and control solution PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL from ISTOS.

This puts him in a position to be able to make concrete statements about delivery dates. Through simulation, it is also possible to determine exactly when a product will arrive at the customer.

Maximilian Stark chose PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL because all applications communicate with each other. It is easy to use, there is not much to explain and it is very clear.

The company usually performs an automatic planned run. But manual corrections - should a customer need his parts earlier or a machine break down - are also possible. This flexibility was particularly important to Maximilian Stark.

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL fits perfectly with our requirements as a contract manufacturer. The decisive factor is the networking of planning and feedback from production. This is what makes planning reliable.

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 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. The company has been relying on the quality of DMG MORI machines since as early as 2012 and 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 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.

PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL makes it easy to get started and feasible at short notice, because the applications are immediately available from the cloud. At frabona, for example, the first planning was ready after just one week.

Francesco Bonanno was particularly impressed by the networking of 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.

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.

With the PLANNING BOARD we can realistically map our workload & efficiently avoid bottlenecks. The PLANNING BOARD convinced me immediately with its intuitive user interface. After only a few hours the first planning was done. And after only 10 days the PLANNING BOARD has completely replaced our planning board.

Joshua Hempel
Jörg Lintzen GmbH

In terms of planning, the requirements of a manufacturer are very different from those of a supplier. As a contract manufacturer, Jörg Lintzen GmbH specializes in the production of small batches and prototypes and reports on its experiences with the cloud-based products of PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL.

Jörg Lintzen GmbH, founded in 1966, specializes as a contract manufacturer in the production of small batches and prototypes and processes even the most difficult materials with the highest precision.

Today, the company is managed in the second generation by Stefan Hempel. But the third generation, Joshua Hempel, is already in the starting blocks and is playing a key role in driving forward the digitalization of the manufacturing processes. He is motivated above all by the changes in the market, which show him that excellent turning and milling centers and good employees are no longer enough in global competition. His goal is to streamline production processes, manage capacities efficiently and optimize capacity utilization. To achieve this, reliable statements on output quantities and delivery dates are essential.

In the past, Jörg Lintzen GmbH used an analog planning board for planning. Particularly in the case of high capacity utilization, this often resulted in planning errors that led to bottlenecks and a heavy workload for the workforce.

For this reason, Joshua Hempel made a conscious decision to replace the planning board and optimize the flow of production orders by using cloud-based products from PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL.

He was particularly convinced by the PLANNING BOARD's easy-to-use interface and the fact that the software does not require any complex implementation or IT maintenance.

In order to link planning directly with production, Joshua Hempel combines the PLANNING BOARD with PRODUCTION FEEDBACK. With the help of PRODUCTION FEEDBACK, his production staff can now report the current production status to the PLANNING BOARD via tablet, so that planning is always updated in real time. This ensures planning transparency at all levels.

At the DMG MORI in-house exhibition in Pfronten I got to know the PPS software and it was clear to me: I need this software for my planning. Thanks to PLANNING BOARD & PRODUCTION FEEDBACK I was able to improve my capacity utilization by 20%. My planning time has been reduced by 50%.

Hans Schacherbauer
HS-ferinnotec GmbH

HS-ferinnotec GmbH has been a manufacturer of individual and series parts for precision mechanics, electronics, aviation, medicine and valve construction as well as a producer of design parts in stainless steel construction since 1992. And the relationship with DMG MORI, which began 28 years ago with the investment in a CTX 200 V3, has been just as long.

Today, the company uses 17 machines. A total of 12 employees process all plastics, steel, stainless steel, Hasteloy, Inconel, titanium, aluminum, brass, red brass and Hardox, as well as medical and aerospace materials, among others. The focus is on flexibility, exclusivity and high performance in order to be able to respond precisely to customers' wishes.

For Hans Schacherbauer, Managing Director of HS-ferinnotec GmbH and owner of Schacherbauer Zerspanungstechnik, digitalization is important in order to constantly advance the company and keep it modern. Planning is a tool for the company to pursue its digitization goals. This primarily includes controlling machine utilization, improving throughput, and optimizing operations.

During a visit to DMG MORI's in-house exhibition in Pfronten, Hans Schacherbauer became aware of the planning solution.

Previously, the company planned its orders with EXCEL and Outlook. But the real overview of the machines and the individual workplaces was missing. For this reason, Hans Schacherbauer decided to use the PLANNING BOARD and PRODUCTION FEEDBACK from DMG MORI.

For Hans Schacherbauer, the PLANNING BOARD is ideal because the individual workstations are clearly displayed and operations are divided by color. In order to be able to use the real-time feedback of the production status via PRODUCTION FEEDBACK comprehensively, the individual workstations were also equipped with tablets.

With PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL we have become more efficient, more flexible and with 30% shorter lead times also more responsive. With PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL we were able to increase our delivery reliability from already 72% to 94%.

Dr. Stephan Witt
Management Board of Jagenberg AG

Since 2015, KAMPF Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH & Co. KG has been accelerating its holistic digitization. Initially, the focus was on the company's own products and services. Today, the company's own plants are being digitally upgraded step by step. Starting with the introduction of PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL for the planning and control of production orders.

This involves detailed planning based on production-relevant information from the 19 processing machines and 10 workstations. In this context, Marc Jobelius, plant manager in Dohr, particularly praises the high degree of flexibility and responsiveness. With PRODUCTION PLANNING from the PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL product family, for example, it is possible to take into account real limited resources at any time and to reprioritize operations even during ongoing production.

The production planners are visually supported by the PRODUCTION COCKPIT: "The clear visualization makes it possible to identify schedule delays and their effects at an early stage and to selectively counteract them," describes Marc Jobelius.

Via the CELOS Application Connector on the CTV 250, PDA information can now be reported directly from CELOS to the PRODUCTION FEEDBACK module.

The innovative multi-resource planning tool combines TCO, visualization of production and fine scheduling in one. As one of the first customers worldwide, we implement the tool and create transparency along the entire planning. Through this, we ensure a fast and smooth order throughput.

Tony Liebetrau
Fertiungstechnik Liebetrau GmbH & Co. KG

Facts:
+ Founded in 1992
+ 1.900 m2 production area

Management of:
+ 700 production orders

Integration of:
+ 37 workstations
+ 14 machines
+ 1 application

Consideration of:
+ 28 employees

The company Fertigungstechnik Liebetrau GmbH & Co. KG is one of the first companies to introduce the production planning and control solution.

Thus, the planning tool PRODUCTION PLANNING already ensures effective detailed planning including a high and even utilization of capacities. This laid the foundation for further products that enable fully digitized and automatically optimized planning.

In combination with high-precision machine tools from DMG MORI, the manufacturer of precision components achieves resource-saving and cost-optimized operating processes for maximum efficiency and the highest manufacturing quality.