Lean Manufacturing Independent Work Cells

Setpoint Systems will automate and streamline the back-end manufacturing process for Lake City Army Ammunition Plant operated by Alliant Techsystems. The site will leverage lean automated solutions to drive productivity and quality. This is a plant that has manufactured ammunition since World War Two and is ready to be upgraded to new processes and work-cell layouts. ...

... "Setpoint’s solution for LCAAP involves identical but independent work-cells. Each work-cell can manufacture all the required products, but the work-cells are smaller, easier and faster to maintain than current processes. The new system will increase production uptime by 90 percent. The lean work-cells reduce part handling and part transportation, which reduces the risk of damage and errors to the ammunition. Greater automation saves ATK labor costs and improves worker safety. Most importantly, Setpoint’s solution incorporates in-process inspection and error-proofing to improve the quality of the overall product. " ...

Via Setpoint: Lean Manufacturing at Army Ammunition Plant

Tour of Lake City ammo plant via Army Website: "The command sergeants major were very impressed with the level of professionalism and detail that goes into producing munitions. "

ATK Lake City Army Ammunition Plant via Reuters: "The plant is the nation's primary production source for small-caliber rifle ammunition. At this plant, ATK produces a mix of cartridges. Currently, 1.4 billion cartridges are produced per year ... "

FlexNet Lean Material Flow Software Deploys Best Practice Integration

Apriso and Accenture collaborate to deliver a best practice lean software solution that enables material flow and business processes, such as operations synchronization, visibility and controls, quality management and traceability, error proofing, and ERP system integration. ...

... "This new FlexNet solution fills some of the white spaces or gaps around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications in Lean manufacturing environments, benefiting manufacturers who seek to reduce waste and cut cycle times while improving quality in logistics operations, production and customer responsiveness. Valeo, a $12B industry leading global automotive supplier, played an important role in the design of this solution by identifying key Tier 1 automotive supplier requirements while ensuring the solution adhered to Lean principles. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean Solution

Discrete Assembly Portal

StationPortal provides central architecture and common Ethernet interface for distribute and disparate I/O devices. ...

... "StationPortal provides a completely new architecture for assembly support systems, greatly increasing the speed of deployment and optimization, while providing a significantly lower total cost of ownership. This product is a great fit for tasks such as error proofing, line balancing, material call, and other production support tasks. " ...

Via GE Fanuc: Architecture For Discrete Assembly Support

Error Proofing Manufacturing Automation