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Over 25% Savings in Process Costs

ABB Switzerland has been developing and manufacturing sustainable technology solutions – including traction converters for trains, trams, and e-buses – for years. They brought in Bossard to make their factory more efficient.

Efficiency in Action: How ABB Benefits from Smart Factory Logistics

The Smart Factory Solution: How ABB transformed their internal logistics

ABB Switzerland

ABB’s Challenge: Material Handling and Availability

As part of their production and assembly processes, ABB consumes around half a million fasteners annually, managing over 4,400 different items in varying quantities. It is therefore very important to them to make their production efficient and to have a continuous information chain.

The key challenges in their Turgi facility were material handling all the way to the assembly workstation and ensuring material availability. In addition, ABB also wanted to reduce their process costs for C-parts.

Our Solution

With our Smart Factory Logistics systems and our Last Mile Management intralogistics solution, we were able to specifically address ABB’s needs:

  • The fully automated SmartBin Cloud system ensures material availability. The vibration sensors in the scales register stock changes in real time, providing continuous information to the employees.
  • All items are labeled with a SmartLabel, which displays the current order status and delivery date.
  • The “milkrunner” receives a digital, smart, paperless route plan for picking and refilling the assembly workstations, ensuring efficient and time-saving execution of the “last mile.”

ABB’s Benefit

Today, there are over 13,300 SmartLabels and around 3,800 SmartBins actively used in the five production halls.

Production never had to be interrupted during installation due to the professional preparation. Thanks to reducing the movements in internal logistics and standardizing the handling infrastructure, the new solutions have been very well received by those involved.

Our system is very intuitive and does not require any elaborate introduction.

Since the implementation with Bossard, ABB has saved over 25% in process costs for c-parts handling, while reducing the walking distance for assembly personnel by at least 13%!

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