Reduce costs before they happen. This is the idea behind the development of the ProKon (production-oriented design) process, the industry standard for design evaluation. In order to promote the exchange of experiences between ProKon users and to inform about new developments, the Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft mbH offers a ProKon User Dialogue starting in September.
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TiCon for SAP BTP, the software solution developed in the “Co-Innovated with SAP” program, is certified for the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), listed in the SAP Store and therefore available for the SAP Industry Cloud – and will be the focus of a special event in autumn, the TiCon for SAP BTP Insight Forum 2024. The background to this is the end of support for SAP ECC.
Like many other companies, BSH China Chuzhou Factory is facing the challenge of an aging workforce and maintaining the health and performance of its employees. Ergonomics in work design is therefore a priority. In 2021, the company introduced the EAWS® (Ergonomic Assessment Worksheet) process as the standard for ergonomic assessment. By 2023, all workstations had been assessed.
Analyzing new market requirements together with customers, determining the specific need for products and services, promoting application consulting, dialog & feedback, generating use cases for everyone from operational best practices – the TiCon User’s Day 2024 offered the best opportunity for this. Herwig Weidle, Head of Digital Solutions at Deutsche MTM-Gesellschaft mbH, and MTM Managing Director Prof. Dr. Peter Kuhlang welcomed more than 80 users and administrators of MTM software solutions at the Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden. The focus was on the TiCon product family and its use for digital work planning.
TiCon for SAP BTP, the MTM software solution listed in the SAP Store for capturing, managing and processing MTM-based data directly in SAP, is now also available as a solution for the SAP Industry Cloud. This makes Deutsche MTM Gesellschaft mbH and its Digital Solutions business unit an official SAP Industry Cloud Solution Partner.
Using TiCon for SAP means work measurement directly in the work process in the Engineering Workbench in SAP. “A great tool to connect the worlds of SAP and MTM”, says Dominik Pfann, Process Planner at DEHN SE.
Work in the delivery and delivery services sector is undergoing a massive upheaval. Since 2019, the volume of deliveries has more than doubled while the number of employees has remained the same. This threatens to massively overload delivery employees. At the same time, there is a lack of ergonomic principles in the service sector. MotionMiners GmbH and MTM ASSOCIATION e. V. are currently working on a preliminary study in the parcel delivery sector. The goal: better work on the last mile.
At its most recent meeting, the Industrial Engineering working group of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wirtschaftliche Fertigung (AWF – Economic Manufacturing Working Group) dealt with assembly-oriented product design as a relevant economic factor. The focus was on ProKon (production-oriented construction), the MTM-based process for analyzing and evaluating design solutions with regard to their suitability for assembly.
In the #iwml Report 08 “Manual Processes – Manual Work with Brains” (available only in German), the MTM authors Prof. Dr. Peter Kuhlang, CEO MTM ASSOCIATION e. V., and Maria Neumann, Research Associate, dispel the rumor that logistic processes cannot be evaluated with MTM. You can find the download link in the blog.
The students of the industrial engineering bachelor’s degree program at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences recently had the opportunity to learn about the MTM method standard in detail and to apply the knowledge in practice right away. “MTM for the digital design of efficient and ergonomic work” was the topic of a guest lecture by Dr. Fabian Nöhring, Innovation Manager and Project Manager at Deutsche MTM- Gesellschaft mbH, as part of the lecture “Production Engineering”.