ZkSystems Production Suite
Working with manufacturers, we have noticed several recurring problems that can be solved by allowing siloed software systems alongside the production process to share and exchange data in real-time. To solve these problems, we offer a suite of ready-to-use connected applications, powered by ZkSystems Connector.
ZkSystems EfficientOrders: Production Order and Sequence Planning
Order planning is a crucial but often cumbersome process. To make it work, your production planning employees need to have multiple data points at their fingertips. Our connected application, EfficientOrders, collects all the relevant information: on personnel capacity from HR tools; machine capacity and material availability from your ERP system; on order progress directly from your shop floor system (BDE); and IoT-based real-time machines’ production and idle times – and feeds all this information into an intuitive, comprehensive planning tool.
- Connect to software tools you already use: shop floor data collection tools (BDE), HR, ERP, maintenance plans and machine data
- Automate order sequence planning
- Account for personnel capacities, machine availabilities, IoT data and scheduled maintenance
- Get real-time updates
- Generate dynamic calculation of delivery delays and finish dates
20% higher delivery reliability
Real-time transparency about the progress of every order
30% faster recognition of delays
ZkSystems WorkerPower: Digital Workplace
Your workers can operate our easy-to-use tablet-based application that combines a digital job ticket, instructions with CAD drawings, QA checklists as well as a time tracker to track order progress and enable targeted-versus-actual analytics. Workers can report finishing or pausing the orders and insert scrapped and produced pieces. The tablet is synchronized with your ERP (and other systems) in real time, so workers always have access to the latest information. Via the tablet, they can also notify supervisors or colleagues from the warehouse in case of defects, errors, scrap or materials missing.
- Workers get access to the orders assigned to their workplace with a job ticket, instructions with CAD drawings and QA checklists per order
- Connect to ERP, warehouse system, HR, order planning, CAD/PDM and CAQ
- Workers can communicate with the warehouse if they need additional materials and notify supervisors and other workers in case of delays
- Workers can insert produced/scrapped pieces and report defects
- The IoT-enabled tablet records machine production and idle times
- Increase your workers' motivation by providing a modern workplace
Saves 30,000 sheets of paper per annum.
10% higher efficiency – everything the worker needs can be accessed in just one click
25% error reduction – all information is updated automatically
ZkSystems Analytics: Supercharge Your Analytics Dashboards
You probably already use multiple software systems in your manufacturing and collect a lot of valuable data. However, its real value remains locked away as long as these data points remain trapped within their respective databases. ZkSystems Connector links to your software tools to fetch this data for you and transform it into a comprehensive overview of your manufacturing process in an intuitive dashboard view.
- Connect to various software systems: ERP, HR, order planning, shop floor data collection tools (BDE), manufacturing execution systems (MES) and IoT-based machine data
- Comprehensive real-time analytics for everyday operations and reporting
- Machine data in ERP context
- Filters available for individual machines, stations, workplaces, times and shifts
Empower your team with full-fledged real-time transparency
12% higher productivity due to faster identification of performance killers
10% year-over-year increase in OEE
ZkSystems Billing: Equipment-as-a-Service (Pay-per-Use)
Our application enables usage-based automated billing, while connecting IoT data with your ERP. You receive an easy-to-navigate interface to manage payment plans and monitor machine usage. At the same time, your customers will monitor their usage accumulated payments on a white labelled customer-facing dashboard with your logo and branding.
- Connects IoT data with ERP
- Automated billing based on usage or subscription
- Contract management
- White labelled customer-facing dashboard
- Secure, trustless data exchange
Saves 20% work time for accounting
20% more revenue
Higher engagement with your customers
I highly appreciate the partnership with ZkSystems: Their scalable and integration-ready technology is combined with an outstanding understanding for the requirements of equipment manufacturers – that makes them a great sparring partner. The highly professional team is always willing to go the extra mile to come up with creative and optimal solutions – and this is what we have in common.
Janette Kothe
Head of Engineering Large Hydraulic Drives Hägglunds, Bosch Rexroth AB
We were convinced by the high quality of the ZkSystems-Solution. We particularly appreciate the team of ZkSystems as a valuable and trustworthy supplier because they deliver in a fast and flexible way.
Petra Michalke
Senior Service Sales Manager, Siemens Energy
ZkSystems' innovative technology provides a solution for synchronizing fragmented IT-systems and securely using sensitive process data. This is the foundation of the digitally integrated production process.
Dr.-Ing Christian Schmiedel
Project Manager and Researcher, Fraunhofer IPK
Flexibility is important for a corporate such as Siemens. With the team of ZkSystems we could iterate and roll-out in a flexible and fast way.
Dr. Oliver Braitmayer
Global Head of Digital Sales, Siemens Financial Services GmbH
I highly recommend to explore the integration-ready solution of ZkSystems to effortlessly break software silos. ZkSystems is a highly professional team that goes the extra mile to support its customers and business partners.
Veronika Brandt
Head of Co-Innovation & Bosch Startup Harbour, Robert Bosch GmbH
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