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Our client, a Quebec family business specializing in the manufacture of concrete products, has experienced impressive growth since the third generation took over ten years ago. Sales have tripled. With over 50 years of continuous innovation, the company has always seen process optimization as its greatest strength.
With growing demand and production rates becoming insufficient, the company decided to embark on a transition to advanced automation to modernize its operations and maintain its competitiveness. NEXRUN was chosen to support this technological transformation to ensure the company could not only meet current demand, but also prepare for future challenges.
Expertises
- Industrial process automation
- Design and manufacture of control panels
- Industrial software configuration
- Installation of machine vision systems
Context
NEXRUN was involved in the project to modernize and optimize the existing dashboards, which had become obsolete and limiting. The company had a solution that had been developed in-house, but it was no longer capable of efficiently tracking production rates or meeting growth targets. NEXRUN not only updated the technological tools in place, but also helped design a real-time tracking system, enabling the productivity of manufacturing lines to be monitored without the need for operators or supervisors to be physically present in the field.
The new system is flexible and scalable, providing accurate performance indicators at all levels of the organization. The new dashboards have been designed to adapt easily to future needs, including integrating preferred features when the company is ready to take this step.
Challenges encountered
As a company accustomed to managing many projects in-house, the transition to a partnership with NEXRUN for a major technological transformation required a gradual adaptation. The new system not only had to increase production rates, but also enhance the accuracy and reliability of the data collected in real time, thus ensuring continuous performance optimization.
Suggested solutions
NEXRUN designed and integrated robust, customizable dashboards, enabling our client to track the productivity of its manufacturing lines in real time. Working closely with the in-house team, NEXRUN also trained operators and supervisors how to use these new tools, while supporting them in the process of optimizing production data.
The system has centralized and improved the collection of information, making decision-making much more factual and reducing dependence on human perceptions. Dashboards now provide accurate indicators for each role, motivating operators and providing supervisors with reliable performance management data.
Concrete benefits
Thanks to the automation implemented by NEXRUN, our client has seen a 15% to 30% improvement in productivity, contributing to a higher and more efficient production rate. Although this automation has been a key part of the transformation, it is part of an overall strategy that includes many other efforts, such as optimizing internal processes and developing a culture of innovation. The new dashboard system, for example, has made data collection simpler and more reliable. Decision-making is therefore more factual and informed, particularly in performance and human resource management.
“Real-time dashboards enable us to make decisions based on facts, not perceptions. This anchors performance review and salary review discussions, which makes us much more efficient.”
With this new tool, the company feels well equipped for the future. Working with NEXRUN, the company is proud to continue growing and innovating, safe in the knowledge that the solution is robust enough to adapt to future challenges, without requiring major technological changes in the short term.