Assembly of tailgates in sequence and just-in-time delivery

At a logistics site, tailgates are pre-assembled with a 50-minute lead time from data receipt to delivery to the OEM’s production line.

Tailgates per month
1
Lead time in minutes
1
Components per month
1000

The challenge

The main challenge in the project was maintaining the bills of materials, which were transferred individually for each vehicle via the interface. Additionally, the work instructions required confirmation of additional quality assurance checks within the assembly process by means of scanning.

– Transmission of individual bills of materials via the interface instead of fixed variants
– Missing transmission of 100-percent parts
– Confirmation of additional inspection steps to ensure correct assembly by scan
– Customer requirement not to maintain own inventory for individual parts
– Sequencing rack required reversed order: last sequence first in the rack
– Risks of incorrect sequencing in manual processes without clear system guidance
– Ensuring assembly and loading in the correct sequence

The solution

Use of the moviniti assembly solution without inventory management, but including the sequencing and loading modules.

  • Automatic creation of variants including 100% parts based on the transmitted bill of materials
  • Order release in reverse sequence order to ensure that assembly orders are only created when the last sequence has been received in the rack
  • Display of additional instructions on the monitor as a scan step with confirmation
  • System-guided manual assembly without inventory management
  • Use of moviniti functions assembly, sequencing, and loading for a seamless process chain

The result

Intuitive guidance of operators at every assembly step
Automatic transition to the next step without artificial waiting times
Secure sequencing after assembly completion to ensure the correct order within the rack
Complete real-time transparency across all process steps
Quick response to deviations through live data
End-to-end control of assembly, sequencing, and loading in a single platform

Logistics know-how

  • Developed and tested in practice
  • We understand the individual requirements
    of JIS supply
  • Logistics expertise in customer support