Creating a digital factory.
Transforming Factory Planning: Texmo Blank Cuts Planning Time from 3 Hours to 65 Seconds with Nimble Approach's Custom Solution
Texmo Blank is a global leader in precision castings, known for solving complex manufacturing challenges, leading turnaround times, and rigorous quality control. The company manufactures high-durability steel, aluminium, cobalt, and nickel-based castings, positioning itself as a trusted partner to industries worldwide.
3 hours down to 65 seconds
Huge planning time reduction every day
Increased Efficiency
Streamlined processes resulting in higher output and reduced defects
Enhanced Employee Satisfaction
Lower stress and improved adaptability for workers
Texmo Blank’s Challenge
As Texmo Blank expanded, its outdated factory planning software became a bottleneck. Originally built for smaller operations, the system required extensive manual data entry and took hours to generate a daily factory plan. The rigid, paper-based output limited the ability to adapt to real-time issues, such as equipment downtime, and prevented Texmo Blank from leveraging valuable data insights. These limitations impacted productivity, created stress for the team, and ultimately affected profitability.
Texmo Blank needed a future-ready solution to streamline operations, provide scalability, and support its vision of becoming a fully digital, agile factory.
Issues with the Previous Software:
- Excessive planning time, requiring up to 3 hours daily.
- Manual data entry and paper-based plans prone to errors and delays.
- Inflexible, unable to adapt in real-time to changes on the factory floor.
- Limited data access for management, hindering long-term planning.
- Increased team stress and reduced operational efficiency.
Texmo Blank needed a partner who could help them not only improve their planning, but understood their wider goals and ambitions to help them become a digital factory of the future.
”Nimble’s solution has transformed our factory planning process. The new software not only saves us hours each day but also brings us closer to our goal of becoming a fully digital, agile operation. Nimble has been an invaluable partner in driving our digital transformation forward.
Alan KirkHead of Operations at Texmo Blank
Nimble’s Approach’s Solution
Nimble Approach partnered with Texmo Blank to design a bespoke factory planning solution, tailored to meet the demands of their growing business and industry-leading standards. This custom software integrates data from multiple complex systems and delivers optimised, digital plans directly to each workstation. The software also enables real-time updates throughout the day, allowing for continuous responsiveness and flexibility in response to changing conditions.
Key Features of the Solution:
- Rapid Planning: Planning time reduced from 3 hours to an average of 65 seconds.
- Real-Time Optimisation: The software dynamically adjusts to issues as they arise, enabling on-the-fly re-planning.
- Digital Workflow Integration: Workstations receive digital plans in real-time, eliminating the need for paper and allowing each worker to optimise their processes. Reducing stress and leading to increased satisfaction.
- Enhanced Data Visibility: The system provides management with robust, accessible data on factory performance, supporting strategic, data-driven decisions.
- Increased Productivity and Reduced Defects: Streamlined processes increase throughput and quality, driving higher profitability.
The new software built by Nimble Approach is allowing Texmo Blank to move towards its vision of being an industry leading digital factory. It’s pushing the company forward and allowing them to improve their product, production and business.
Our Process – Production Planning Software
To ensure the software aligned with Texmo Blank’s operational needs and strategic goals, Nimble’s team conducted an in-depth discovery phase. We engaged directly with company directors and factory workers to gain insights into daily challenges and aspirations for a digital transformation. By gathering this first-hand feedback, we were able to tailor the solution to address real user pain points while advancing Texmo Blank’s broader ambitions.
Results and Benefits
The new factory planning software has revolutionised Texmo Blank’s operations, delivering measurable benefits across productivity, data visibility, and employee satisfaction.
- Drastic Speed Improvement: Factory planning reduced from 3 hours to an average of 65 seconds.
- Real-Time Responsiveness: Automated, real-time adjustments improve agility and minimise downtime.
- Digital Workflows: Each workstation receives live, screen-based plans, enabling flexibility for workers and eliminating paper-based issues.
- Enhanced Data Insights: Management now has access to meaningful data for better long-term planning and operational insights.
- Higher Productivity: Increased output and reduced defects drive profitability.
- Employee Satisfaction: By reducing manual tasks and improving adaptability, employees experience lower stress and greater engagement.
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