Efficiency Gains Through Centralized Inventory Management
In furniture manufacturing, production processes are becoming increasingly variant-rich – and with them, the effort required for inventory counts rises dramatically. For many production managers, this means double the stress: personnel capacities that need to be allocated, potentially longer production stops and additional time losses due to data transfer to the ERP. Compounded by dissatisfied employees, as inventory management is unnecessarily complicated by multiple parallel systems that do not communicate with each other.
Streamlined Inventory via MES Integration
Inventory processes can be seamlessly controlled via the MES. Through interfaces, data is not only collected and consolidated at a central location, but also transferred directly to the ERP, where it is visible to the people working with it. With the mobile Android app, inventory counts in the warehouse become significantly easier, noticeably shorter, and require no manual follow-up work. This provides a central platform with reliable count data, which is then transferred to all connected systems.
Time and Cost Savings: Avoidance of production downtime or weekend work, reduced personnel deployment, fewer downtimes.
Simple Capture: The mobile app replaces manual recording on paper or Excel lists and books via scan in real time on site.
Reliable Data: Automatic system consolidation, direct ERP integration.
Higher Satisfaction: Smoother processes.
Switching inventory processes to dmaic MES ensures a stress-free and precise inventory despite variant diversity and gives production managers back control.
Key Numbers from Practice
Our customer Febrü has shifted its inventory processes to the MES, thereby securing measurable benefits and audit-proof processes.
In practice, Febrü achieved key successes through the switch to MES:
Up to 50% reduction in personnel deployment in the inventory process
Significant relief for employees
Around 70% less manual counting effort through digital capture
Complete elimination of manual ERP follow-up work through automatic data transfer
Inventory thus becomes plannable, scalable and easier.
