DLP Engineers
Start    References    Project Examples

An overview
of selected DLP projects

Get to know our working methods using specific examples.

Packaging mechanical engineering

The variety of packaging machines is driven by the high variance and diversity of packaging, which in turn is driven by the food companies and competitive pressure on the market. In the dairy industry, too, the market power and cost pressure of the large retail chains initially affects producers and then machine manufacturers. Highly flexible, powerful, easily configurable and robust machines suitable for the respective application are required. This requires intelligent machine concepts as well as flexible and simple adaptation when an order is placed.

Client:
Manufacturer of packaging machines
> 200 employees, > 2,000 employees in the group

Industry:
Packaging machine construction

Topic:
Quotation configuration, document management, manufacturing cost reduction, design guidelines, product costing, product modularization, BOM organization, BOM configuration, CAD selection, benchmark, PDM selection, benchmark, product configuration

Situation:
Despite the internal modularization of a new product line at the time, the hoped-for positive effects both on the market and internally did not materialize. There was a short-term need for action on the part of the management to realign the product and design strategy and to sustainably improve the performance and quality of the design delivered.

Task:

  • Organizational separation between neutral product development/maintenance and pure order processing or change design
  • Introduction of clear assembly/functional responsibilities
  • Creation of order-neutral product templates/master structures in the form of configurable master parts lists including a suitable drawing organization
  • Significant reduction of processing costs in the design department
  • Introduction of a uniform design methodology and uniform use of IT systems
  • Creation of the necessary scope for neutral product development and maintenance.

Result:

  • Inventory of structural organization, order throughput, especially sales, design, AV, assembly/IBN and service
  • Identification and evaluation of potential and derivation of the need for action, incl. concept and roadmap
  • Review of target markets and precise definition of requirements
  • Mapping the requirements to the modules/functional structure/building structure
  • Improvement of parts list quality by creating and expanding the master parts lists, including mapping in the existing ERP system (ams)
  • Consistent reduction of multiple solution variants by continuing the standardization process
  • Reduction of the adaptation effort in the design department by approx. 30% by changing the working method
  • Significant improvement in drawing quality.
scroll to top

Please contact us.