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Factory planning

Use our holistic factory planning software to set up, simulate, optimise & visualise your production as a digital twin.

Material flow & layout planning

  • Automatic creation of an ideal layout based on the material flow intensities
  • Representation of material flow efforts using a route network
  • Visualisation of the route frequency by means of a heat map

Capacity planning

  • Determination of the required number of workplaces to achieve the planned unit numbers
  • Calculation of utilisation and OEE of the workstations to be planned
  • Identification of the bottleneck workplace

Area dimensioning

  • Determination of the required production area on the basis of the floor space and the maintenance & operating areas
  • Determination of the required workstation area using the production workstation area as well as the staging areas dependent on the control principle (push/pull) & the order sizes.

Logistics & warehouse planning

  • Calculation of the number of storage spaces in the goods receipt & interim storage depending on the safety stock, the ordering strategy & the order lot sizes.
  • Creation of the required storage & transport aids using existing library objects.

Lead time determination

  • Calculation of the individual factors included in the throughput time per item and operation (dwell time in the warehouse, process-related waiting time, set-up time, processing time, transport time).
  • Derivation of the critical path
  • Determination of the work-in-process (WIP) between the individual operations

Value stream

  • Automatic assignment of products/articles to product families
  • Automatic creation of the value stream diagram with all relevant key figures taking into account the control principles used (push/pull/fifo)
  • Easy addition of further information via drag & drop

What benefits does the ema Plant Designer offer in factory planning?

Increase output
+ 15 %

with the help of key figures as well as clear tabular and graphical presentation of the bottlenecks

Reduce throughput times & space requirements
- 20 %

on the basis of detailed evaluations of the individual components of the lead time

Reduce manufacturing costs
- 10 %

by determining material and production costs for each operation of an item

*Percentage figures from own project experience

How is ema used in factory planning?

Digital planning & simulation of the production of AXON tube adapters for Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH

Digital planning & simulation of the production of AXON tube adapters for Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH

Optimisation of the assembly area for the efficient & economic production of hydraulic components for Dipl. Ing. K. Dietzel GmbH

Optimisation of the assembly area for the efficient & economic production of hydraulic components for Dipl. Ing. K. Dietzel GmbH

Are you ready to plan your next factory digitally?

Arrange a free online demonstration of our ema Software Suite or watch various beginner videos in our ema Academy and see for yourself the many advantages of simulation for factory planning
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Martin Weidhas
Head of Software Sales
  • martin.weidhas@imk-ic.com
  • +49 151 113 02 745
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imk Industrial Intelligence GmbH
Amselgrund 30
09128 Chemnitz

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  • We will get in touch with you as soon as possible for a brief, non-binding initial consultation. This will give us a first impression of your requirements and expectations and enable us to better assess which demo version is right for you.
  • Immediately afterwards, we will issue you with a 14-day demo licence so that you can get to know the ema Software Suite for yourself.

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