John Deere, an agriculture equipment manufacturer, has increased its efficiency in how it replenishes welding material, as well as how it carries out processes at its assembly stations. After installing a Wi-Fi-based real-time location system (RTLS) at a factory run by its Seeding Group, in Moline, Ill., the firm has reported a 10 percent increase in welding efficiency by implementing the kitting process, as well as a 40 percent improvement in kit-replenishment time by implementing the wireless triggers. On the assembly line, the system provides a view into work-in-process (WIP), reducing the cycle time required to assemble a single product by approximately 5 percent. Learn how the system has resulted in improved replenishment, as well as a decrease in overtime work undertaken by employees at the welding station.
Speaker:
Shay O’Neal, Business Unit Leader, Deere & Co.