Shop floor management: the catalyst for your digital factory

Shop floor management is based on the idea of using concrete measures to permanently ensure and increase production efficiency. Achieving this goal involves the kind of processes, rules, behaviors, methods, and systems that can be found today in diverse forms in discrete manufacturing. Primarily, however, these are local, individual, and heterogeneous solutions. The challenge in the context of Industry 4.0 is to consider shop floor management as a component of the overall value chain and to integrate it consistently with all the other systems involved.

The right paths for those looking to optimize their shop floor management – or just get started

To find the right path, you have to know your destination! We'll support you in the process of evaluating and prioritizing shop floor management solutions using good (and best) practices and process reference models (IPR) from your industry. Our experienced manufacturing specialists will help you identify potential for more efficient production processes and develop forward-looking IT architectures with support from further IT and application experts. The subsequent implementation – from machine connection right up to ERP integration – will be handled by our experienced project managers, SAP Manufacturing consultants and, where necessary, partners from the MES and automation sector.

Solutions for shop floor management systems can be roughly categorized into platform-based (e.g. SAP MII/ME), product-based (e.g. FORCAM FORCE), or individual solutions. For your company, three main things are key: the processes derived from your strategic goals, the required integration into the overall value chain, and the return on your investment. Scheer has extensive expertise in all these solution fields and can support you in determining the optimal solution for your requirements.