specific noise thresholds. The companies that can’t innovate and offer these new services will lose business.
And finally, siloed systems and disparate workflows meant that any level of change dealing with product manufacturing took too long. Traceability data needed to assess the impact of a change resided in four to five different systems. Paper processes slowed down any recommended adjustments to production. As they evolved products, VCST recognized that the ability to quickly implement changes was essential to driving revenue and staying competitive.
VCST improved OEE and reduced costs
VCST implemented powerful asset monitoring and utilization use cases to improve OEE. Realtime monitoring and diagnostics of their machines enables them to gain valuable visibility, avoid unplanned downtime, and maximize asset utilization. In addition to increasing the efficiency of their teams and improving OEE, VCST expanded the automation available throughout their plant. Their maintenance and quality checks are done through faster, more accurate workflows, resulting in improved output while still maintaining quality.
“Our teams will be able to work faster and more accurately than ever before. Since partnering with PTC and implementing ThingWorx, Windchill, and SAP, we can use our resources, time, and money in an optimal way,” says Tim Polleunis, Smart Factory Manager at VCST.
VCST enabled continuous improvements and is already looking towards the future
While they’re just finalizing implementation of their initial use cases for their Belgium factory, VCST is confident that they will see significant results around cost, quality, innovation, and time to market—results that they’ll continue to build on in the future. They’re well on their way towards their goal of delivering the best powertrain and brake components on the market.
Building on their success, VCST is already planning several more strategic initiatives in partnership with PTC and Ad Ultima Group. They’re in the process of implementing PLM software on their engineering side to further improve quality processes and change management. And using Creo, they’ve begun an initiative to complete all their designs in 3D by 2025. With the model as the leading element, stakeholders across the value chain will be able to visualize the evolutionary growth of data.
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