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Partnerships:
technology meetings
Efficient and stable value-added chains are created
through the good coordination and synchronisa-
tion of all parties involved.
This is not achieved through occasional visits, train-
ing sessions, websites or documents alone; inten-
sive, face-to-face discussions between operational
managers are also required. We use multi-day fo-
rums to promote the coordination between opera-
tors, planners and integrators at management level.
At the same time, we have also offered dedicated
two-day «camps» for our customer’s ICA specialists
in our plant in Switzerland since 2009. We invite in-
terested Saia® PCD users to spend two days directly
exchanging ideas with development engineers and
our technical support team employees. The attend-
ees work together to focus on new and interesting
questions and develop solutions.
During the event, Saia-Burgess Controls AG pro-
vides a look behind the scenes at its plant and the
participants show us, their «colleagues» how they
use our products. We gain a better understanding
of their needs and take a more targeted approach
to product development. In turn, the participants
learn a great deal from one another and take new
information from us home with them. Productivity
is increased, unnecessary circuitousness and misun-
derstandings between the plant and the operators
are avoided and a solid foundation is created for
lean automation.
The technology camps
improve the integration and
coordination between inte-
grators and manufacturers.
Lean automation through a well-coordinated
value-added chain
How is this promoted by Saia-Burgess?
Author: Jürgen Lauber
Impressions and photos from the supporting pro-
gram at the technology camps: Web code en1375a
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