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Success story: AI for value chain planning, sequencing and synchronisation in the automotive industry

Borja Iglesias - Managing Director and partner - Kaizen Institute

Francisco Javier Méndez - Production Systems - Maier

Maier success story:

The overall planning of the value chain still features many manual processes, which leads to labour expenditure and decision-making without an overall view of the value chain, and consequently unoptimised resources, high intermediate stocks and low quality of service. Facing this challenge, Maier is looking for a smart factory, by generating automatic line planning and sequencing algorithms, connecting real orders with production constraints, optimising the sequence that maximises efficiency, and synchronising the value chain in real time using pull algorithms and electronic kanbans. Thus, we see a significant reduction in the value chain’s lead, the lead time and service levels are guaranteed, and finally, the efficiency of the equipment is guaranteed.

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