KOVOLIS HEDVIKOV specialises in the die casting of aluminium alloys and provides its customers with comprehensive solutions in this field, and further also the development of parts, tool design and manufacture and the production of castings and their machining and surface treatment. It uses in-house development and design specialists.

In its production facilities concealed in the forests among the hills of the Hedvičino valley in Třemošnice and in nearby Ronov nad Doubravou, Czech Republic, it has been producing essential parts for trucks and buses all over the world for decades.

• Industry: Mechanical engineering, automotive
• Type of production: Design and production of injection moulds, press and machining shops
• Employees: 1,050
• Web: kovolis-hedvikov.cz

Solution

• Infor SyteLine ERP
• Advanced planning and scheduling (APS)
• InduStream – automatic machine data collection
• EDI
• Quality control system

Needs and Starting Points

• Coverage of mass production of castings and workpieces up to piece production of tools
• System for automotive supplier needs (EDI, traceability of origin of material, control and quality management)
• To increase human and machine capacity utilisation (throughput)
• To improve real-time traceability in production

Benefits of the Project

• Reduction of work in process by 20%
• Reduction of lead times
• Increase in throughput
• Simplification of some activities, such as job registration and logout, CAD interface, evaluation of centres
• Quick information on the status of production/orders
• Ability to monitor task status and performance – KPIs, trends