JAGUAR LAND ROVER SLOVAKIA, s.r.o.
Location: Nitra
Function: Jaguar Land Rover is the largest car manufacturer in the UK. Uses state-of-the-art technology to produce luxury vehicles for the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. In autumn 2018, the newest production facility opened in Nitra, producing Land Rover Discovery and Land Rover Defender vehicles.
Number of employees: 3,500
Implemented products: M2L
Background:
The commitment to achieve a production program of 150,000 cars per year carries the need to maximize efficiency in all production processes. The growing economic strength of the region has led to the need to make routine processes more attractive and simpler.
Therefore, the automotive company has decided to use automation in all activities to ensure continuous and uninterrupted development and growth.
Requirements:
Simplify the picking process and eliminate paper filing.
Speeding up the process of picking material for production.
Clearly navigate workers to stock positions of material to be picked for a specific order.
Ability to pick multiple orders at the same time.
Double checking of accuracy when picking material for an order.
Our tailor-made solution
Timely and correct delivery of material to production according to the end customer's specific order
Maximum use of workspace
Minimise downtime
System solution
Pick to light:
Visual indication of the stock position from which material is to be picked for a specific order
Display of the number of items to be picked from a given position for an order
Speeding up the picking process for the needs of a set production run, so-called "hands-free picking"
Integration with SAP and third-party systems
Benefits:
Highly flexible modular solution
Possibility of picking multiple orders at the same time
Duplicate control
Easy to use
Results:
The deployment of the Pick to Light system has met expectations. The ease of use of the system has greatly facilitated the training of new operators and assisted with unexpected staffing fluctuations. At the same time, picking quality is maintained while minimizing errors.
The current error rate is below 0.0001%
450 picks - current picking rate per hour per operator
30-150% increase in productivity depending on deployment
The system guarantees a smooth flow of material into production. Visual navigation and easy selection marking by interrupting the light beam provide comfort to operators who are not overloaded despite the high work rate.
