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Practical use

Lean picking and kitting in practice

Unnecessarily long distances to walk or reach, sorting of materials, unpacking, and all in a less than ergonomic working position, cause losses in the value-adding process. Unnecessary routes and reaching distances, sorting and unpacking material in a less than ergonomic working position leads to losses in the value creation processes.

What is a set trolley ?
Many materials are picked for a downstream work process. Process efficiency depends on whether the worker has searched for the material from a "mountain" - or whether he recognises transparency at first glance. Transparent provisioning is the precondition for 100% added value in the process. The employee does not need to restack and search for material. The employee picks up the material that is first required for the activity from the transport means.

How is this process efficiency achieved?
Material is individually arranged on the trolley at ergonomic heights. Always in the same way - so that the repetition in the process generates a learning effect. Consciously or unconsciously, this repetition of the short reproducible reaching distances travels generates speed. Because different materials are involved, variable provisioning methods are required.

The set trolley: arrange numerous different materials in smaller batch sizes in a flexible and clearly arranged manner.

These features of the transport means also benefit picker and logistician. The repetition effect and the speed at which the material is loaded in the same place time and time again, achieved through the same arrangement.

4Dflexiplat - a great deal of successful practical experience has gone into this system.

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Providing on pallets, rigid and unergonomical

Bending before

Providing on pallets, rigid and unergonomical

Bending before

Afterwards

Afterwards

Ergonomic working height

Bending afterwards

Ergonomic working height

Bending afterwards

No ergonomic working height

Material supply before

No ergonomic working height

Material supply before

lean production ergonomic system

Material supply afterwards

lean production ergonomic system

Material supply afterwards

Pallet rack, productivity potentials

Welding before

Pallet rack, productivity potentials

Welding before

Efficient material provision in the workplace welding

Bending afterwards

Efficient material provision in the workplace welding

Bending afterwards

unefficient activity on the ground to pick up material

Set cart before

unefficient activity on the ground to pick up material

Set cart before

Set cart for sheet metal provision

Set cart afterwards

Set cart for sheet metal provision

Set cart afterwards

Waste of time, search effort

Machining before

Waste of time, search effort

Machining before

Machining material supply best point

Machining afterwards

Machining material supply best point

Machining afterwards