How do we conserve our natural resources and protect our environment? How do we want to organize our lives and work? What responsibility do we take as a society and what do we pass on to our children? Sustainability deals with all these questions. It is one of the great concepts of our time.
Sustainability is closely linked to the digital transformation. The Industrial Internet of Things makes it possible to break up old structures, rethink manufacturing processes, fully exploit potential and produce with the lowest possible use of resources.
In recent years, a wealth of tools have been developed that focus on analyzing data and presenting usable information. They support those responsible on the shop floor in making well-founded business decisions and establishing sustainable processes in the factory. But what about support on the store floor?
Employees on the workbench are and will remain an indispensable value-adding factor in production. However, they receive little support in carrying out their manual tasks. Yet this is precisely where there is one of the greatest potentials for sustainable action in the factory. With our worker assistance system weasl, every manufacturing company is now in a position to tap into this valuable treasure!
The strength of this worker guidance system lies in its unique flexibility, which makes it incomparable to other systems and particularly user-friendly. weasl creates the interface between humans and the digital world. It supports a wide variety of use cases, integrates into any IT landscape and customer domain, is highly scalable and can therefore be used in any size of company and industry.
We understand sustainability as a concept that combines the four dimensions of ecology, economy, social issues and technology. With weasl, companies achieve added value in all of these areas.
What is the goal?
Preservation of the company & protection of the environment
What is the task?
Optimizing the use of resources
How does the user benefit?
weasl supports manufacturing companies - especially in production, assembly and maintenance - in managing value streams. The intelligent networking of people, work equipment and processes enables end-to-end tracking and tracing. This in turn enables
the efficient use of all production resources
a high level of transparency and therefore decision-making capability on the store floor
early error detection and the avoidance of rework
This saves resources - in terms of raw materials and manpower.
What does weasl do?
weasl collects data from manual and semi-automated workstations in real time during execution. This increases the feedback quality and rate and eliminates media disruptions between production systems and to employees on the store floor. The manufacturing process is digitally documented throughout and is logged and audited in a time-saving manner. Thanks to the integrated order control system, dispatchers and production managers have an up-to-date view of the progress of production orders. This allows you to react more quickly to changes.
What is the result?
Effectiveness and efficiency are increased
Resources are conserved
What is the goal?
Long-term increase in efficiency through available knowledge
What is the task?
Securing business-relevant knowledge in the long term
How does the user benefit?
The shortage of skilled workers is increasing. Loss of knowledge due to retirement or the "war for talent" is becoming a danger. At the same time, the increasing complexity of production is constantly demanding more knowledge from workers. "Knowledge" and the "experience of key specialists" must be secured in the long term in order to maintain the resilience and competitiveness of companies. weasl secures knowledge in the long term by
quickly and easily establishing systematic and comprehensive knowledge management on the store floor
existing process knowledge is recorded digitally and made available during the execution of the work process
making the skills and actions on the store floor accessible and applicable for all employees
What does weasl do?
Those responsible create digital work plans and instructions directly in the worker guidance system. Programming skills are not required. There are virtually no limits when it comes to describing the sequence of work steps and designing work instructions. The highly flexible process designer makes it quick and easy to model workflows of any complexity using drag-and-drop. With the flexible work step designer, you can describe the correct work execution and integrate various media such as videos and CAD drawings.
What is the result?
Experience and knowledge are built up in the company over the long term
Tasks and problems can be solved efficiently
What is the goal?
High employee satisfaction and increased motivation
What is the task?
Involving employees and making changes manageable
How does the user benefit?
In modern, multi-variant production, workers have to carry out a wide variety of tasks safely and without errors. Each process requires different knowledge and requires the worker to change over constantly. The smaller the batch sizes, the more the human factor becomes a potential source of error. weasl helps manufacturing companies to
strengthen the skills of their employees on the store floor in the long term
make complex processes manageable
create a positive, supportive working environment that takes into account the individual skill level of the employee.
This ensures a lower error rate and greater motivation among employees. As a result, efficiency, productivity and employee satisfaction are increased in equal measure.
What does weasl do?
weasl automatically provides employees with user- and task-specific information as well as clear and unambiguous work instructions. It guides them step by step through the work process. This means that every employee receives the right information, at the right time, in the right place and in the right form. Employees can use an integrated feedback function to report any problems that occur during the execution of work steps.
What is the result?
Shorter training and familiarization times
Uncertainties reduced & knowledge made available
Higher efficiency and productivity
What is the goal?
To continuously optimize processes and remain competitive
What is the task?
Improve technological and digital maturity
How does the user benefit?
weasl integrates a wide variety of systems so that the company achieves greater transparency and control on the store floor and employees can concentrate on their core tasks. In doing so
weasl presents all information relevant to the worker clearly and up-to-date in one display
weasl relieves employees of data collection and documentation tasks
weasl integrates (existing) business applications and AI algorithms
In this way, a consistent and sustainable solution architecture is systematically established in SMEs, and production processes are better integrated.
What does weasl do?
With weasl, production-oriented work steps and digital work instructions are created without programming knowledge. The effort required to create work plans is reduced, as is the time required to set up workstations and provide materials and equipment. Thanks to the simple integration of the existing production and IT environment, the employee is optimally guided in the event of deviations and disruptions in the process and current process data is taken into account in production planning. Technology specifications that cannot be implemented optimally are identified, communicated and eliminated more quickly. This approach enables continuous quality and process improvement.
What is the result?
Production processes and systems are fully integrated