Material-efficient production
Client
Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
(in cooperation with the Leibniz University of Hanover)
Time period
01/2013 to 04/2014
Planning object
Analysis of material losses and development of recommendations for action in the field of membrane production
The customer produces different membranes for the biopharmaceutical market at the Göttingen site. Due to the capacity utilization of individual production plants and existing value-added losses, the customer initiated a project in 2014 to implement a material-efficient manufacturing process. To this end, the initial aim was to create transparency about the share of losses and the existing main sources of losses. In a further step, approaches for minimizing losses were to be developed and implemented.
GREAN supports us in process optimization and factory planning. Technically sound, flexible and above all: with full enthusiasm.
Together with the Institute for Factory Systems and Logistics, GREAN initially recorded the material flows in the area under consideration and visually represented the volume flows in the value-added process. In doing so, the sources of loss in the process were examined in detail and the underlying causes worked out. Subsequently, together with the customer, potentials were estimated, optimization possibilities were worked out and translated into a concrete list of measures.
In detail, the following services were provided:
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Execution of a material flow analysis
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Identification of loss sources and estimation of potential
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Derivation of optimization approaches
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Definition of recommendations for action