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QlikView Supports Reifenhäuser’s Performance Optimisation Drive
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Use Cases
- Process Control & Optimization
- Predictive Quality Analytics
Services
- Data Science Services
The Challenge
Reifenhäuser, a leading supplier of machines and manufacturing plant for the plasticisation of thermoplastic synthetic materials, faced challenges due to the changing landscape of the synthetic materials and plastic processing industry. The industry faced demands for plastics to bear the “green dot” to show their suitability for recycling and it’s now necessary to meet even tougher environmental standards to find solutions which are not hydrocarbons-based. The company also had to consider the environmental conditions at manufacturing sites. The company was also facing issues with its previous systems which had failed to provide any comprehensive evaluation of the in-house databases. The costs involved in making even the slightest modifications were prohibitive. Using Excel spreadsheets when working on complex analysis operations was unproductive and the results could not be easily reproduced.
About The Customer
The Reifenhäuser Group is the world’s largest and leading supplier of machines and manufacturing plant for the plasticisation of thermoplastic synthetic materials. The company head office is in Troisdorf, NorthRhine Westphalia, Germany. The company is a market leader and derives 80 per cent of its revenue from its export business. Companies use its machines worldwide to manufacture transparent blister packaging and synthetic materials for babies’ nappies. The company is a contract manufacturer and constructs each plant only once. The company has to consider various factors such as the environmental conditions at manufacturing sites and the changing landscape of the synthetic materials and plastic processing industry.
The Solution
Reifenhäuser deployed QlikView to 200 for analysis of turnover and margins, lead and turnaround times, deadline compliance, project schedules, and recycling of product items. The company wanted to make sure that performance figures and visualisation were available for use on all its corporate data— whether in Oracle, Access, XML, or ASCII. The solution had to provide transparency not only on the figures but also on the processes. The company needed to break the data down into the finest detail without tying up its data programmers for weeks on end to work on it. QlikView is always there on the spot when managers have to define performance figures and ratios. This requires input from the various specialist departments but critically a general feeling of acceptance by everyone.
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