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WHY US?

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We at Shopware are passionate about integrating people, platforms and processes. For us, a lean and integrated process is a thing of beauty; in elegant simplicity we see the ultimate sophistication. We’re inspired every time we see a client enjoying the benefit of optimised efficiencies.

The main benefits of using the Shopware visual management system include:

Improved business performance in terms of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.

Improved business performance in terms of quality, speed and cost effectiveness.

Factual real-time information replaces traditional recording and reporting systems.

Factual real-time information  replaces traditional recording and reporting systems.

The visual workplace instantly highlights problems facilitating rapid response and problem solving.

The visual workplace instantly highlights problems facilitating rapid response and problem solving.

 

Integration with world-class lean management principles.

Integration with world-class lean management principles.

Employees are empowered to use a simple, effective information technology, thereby improving performance.

Employees are empowered to use a simple, effective information technology, thereby improving performance.

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LEAN INTEGRATION

We provide easy to use technologies and training thereby accelerating our clients’ ability to adopt and implement lean best practices. The result improved world-class competitiveness.

 

Flow of customer value. Elimination of Waste. Pursuit of Perfection. Respect for people.

Tried and tested methods have been developed to support a lean transformation. World-class organisations train teams in lean methods whilst strategy execution uses these methods for goal achievement. Consistent application of these methods will create an organisational culture that will deliver best in class value, world-class competitiveness and job security.

Shopware was developed as a tool based on Lean Methods to accelerate the achievement of organizational goals. Results achieved are cumulative and exponential when integrated into a holistic lean transformation strategy.

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SOME OF OUR CLIENTS

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FMCG

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AUTOMOTIVE

Automotive

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PACKAGING

Packaging

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CHEMICAL

Chemical

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PHARMACEUTICAL

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ENGINEERING

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OUR PRODUCTS

Software Modules

Our products include two technology product groups backed by training programs covering key lean methods.

Visual Management Modules

Enterprise Enhancement Modules

Visual
Management
Modules​

The four Visual Management Modules provide a visual platform for managing and improving performance.

PMI

Person Machine Interface

VW

Visual
Workplace

MIS

Management Information Sytem

DAC

Data
Acquisition

Enterprise
Enhancement
Modules

The Enterprise Enhancement Modules provide greater functionality and integration between the various value-adding processes in an organisation. Functionality includes maintenance, production planning and control, quality assurance, costing, quotations and customer relations management.

ABC

Activity Based Costing

AC

Asset Care

ED

Electronic Dashboard

EM

Energy Management

ABC

Activity Based Costing

AC

Asset Care

ED

Electronic Dashboard

EM

Energy Management

PDCA

Plan-Do-Check-Act

QA

Quality
Assurance

VVO

Visual Value Offering

PDCA

Plan-Do-Check-Act

QA

Quality
Assurance

VVO

Visual Value Offering

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AUTOMOTIVE

CLIENTS

PACKAGING

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CHEMICAL

CLIENTS

PHARMACEUTICAL

CLIENTS

ENGINEERING

CLIENTS

PMI

Person Machine Interface

PMI

Person Machine Interface

Provides real-time feedback on production against standard, production schedule achievement, quality performance and downtime. Provides a platform for inputting information such as operator Details, downtime causes and scrap causes.

Creates an integrated platform for shop floor management of maintenance, production execution and quality etc.

Automates Shift reporting including descriptive notes indicating problem areas and remedial action.

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VW

Visual Workplace

VW

Visual Workplace

Provides a visual representation of an entire production process, including OEE, production against targets, downtime, cycle times, rework and rejects.

Enables user defined critical information to be visually displayed on LED or flat screen display boards.

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MIS

Management Information System

MIS

Management Information System

Provides a flexible tool for manipulation of information and creating graphical as well as tabular reports.

Allows drill down from OEE charts to Pareto analysis of Availability, Speed and Quality.

Supports user generated charting.

Favourites lists can be created for most commonly used charts.

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DAC

Data Acquisition

DAC

DATA ACQUISITION

Enables real-time capture of information from automation systems and sensor devices.

Logs throughput, cycle-time, downtime, quality and other process data real-time.

Activates devices based on user defined Shift Patterns.

Activates relays for Andon displays.

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ABC

Activity Based Costing

ABC

Activity Based Costing

Activity based budgeting for direct and indirect cost centres.

Activity Based Product costing.

Over and under-recoveries per cost centre.

Profitability analysis per product market sector and customer.

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AC

Asset Care

AC

Asset Care

Provides an asset care management tool for Planned, Preventative, Unplanned and First Line Maintenance.

Planned maintenance can be scheduled using calendar, run-time or cycle based.

Fully integrated with the factory visualisation modules (PMI and Visual Workplace).

Supports world-class TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) initiatives.

Full maintenance spares and stores management. Allows maintenance consumables and parts to be costed to maintenance activities.

E-mail and SMS notifications.

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ED

Electronic Dashboard

ED

Electronic Dashboard

Used to create a Balanced Scorecard or Dashboard for various key performance measures.

Integrates with Visual Performance Management.

Real-time and historic information against targets is made available in a user defined “Dashboard” format.

Provides a platform for integrating with other business systems or manually inputting performance management information.

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EM

Energy Management

EM

Energy Management

Real-time measurement of energy consumption.

Energy efficiency based on energy consumption per unit of production.

Automatic power on/off of factory zones based on shift plans and equipment requirements.

Automatic notification of out of standard conditions relating to energy consumption.

Kaizen PDCA management of energy improvement projects.

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I

Interfacing

I

Interfacing

Standard interfacing to ERP systems for bills of material, sales and manufacturing orders, production confirmations, assets and stores items.

Integration with any required systems using XML, OPC, FTP, ODBC and Web Services.

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PDCA

Plan-Do-Check-Act

PDCA

Plan-Do-Check-Act

Designed to support the Demming Plan-Do-Check-Act continuous improvement cycle.

Provides an automatically generated one page report on production metrics for production meetings.

Action plans can be linked to improvement themes and KPI’s.

5 Why problem solving can be triggered based on specific events, for example breakdowns longer than 3 hours may trigger a 5 Why event.

Allows the creation of process FMEA’s (Failure Mode Effect Analysis) linked to the Asset Care Module and product FMEA’s linked to the QA Module.

Full support for notification management for NCR’s, Safety etc.

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QA

Quality Assurance

QA

Quality Assurance

Integrates with the visual management modules to allow for improvement of first-time-capability.

Supports real-time capture of quality information for operator checks, laboratory reports and Statistical Process Control (SPC).

Supports six sigma initiatives through the creation of test procedures that allow for identification and elimination of causes of defects.

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VVO

Visual Value Offering

VVO

Visual Value Offering

Generation of web based quotations for a mobile sales force.

Web based customer specific price lists for on-line ordering.

Historic information on customer specific works orders; Cpk, OEE, waste, OTIF (On-time in full).

Activity Based Costing quotations.

Seamless integration from quotation through manufacturing execution and final delivery.

Management of customer contact and generation of automatic notifications for customer follow-up.

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W

Workflow

W

Workflow

Provides a planning platform for production scheduling and capacity planning.

Creates finite capacity schedules based on shift patterns and planned maintenance activities:

  • Complete bill-of-materials functionality with recipe management.

  • Complete Raw Materials, Work-in-Progress and Finished Goods Management, including flow picking to optimise flow.

  • Constraint management and advanced scheduling to optimise throughput and on time delivery.

    Integrates with the Asset Care Tooling module to trigger preparation activities and verification of tooling condition prior to production.

    Supports lean manufacturing techniques such as kanban pull production.

    Fully integrated with PMI and Visual Workplace Modules.



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  • LEAN TRAINING

    Shopware has the capability to provide training in the use of the software and in the application of the lean methods that the technology has been based on.

    SOME OF OUR TRAINING MODULES INCLUDE:

    SMED

    GOAL ALIGNMENT AND KAIZEN

    MATERIAL FLOW AND JIT

    VALUE STREAM MAPPING

    TPM - TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE

    JOB IMPROVEMENT

    PROBLEM SOLVING

    VALUE OFFERING STRATEGY

    CLEANING AND ORGANIZING

    QUALITY ASSURANCE

    JOB INSTRUCTION

    UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING OEE

    JOB RELATIONS

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