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visTABLE - Material Flow Planning Software
visTABLE is a material flow planning software designed to streamline the evaluation and optimization of intralogistics within manufacturing and production environments. It leverages the capabilities of the Digital Factory to provide comprehensive visualization and analysis, transforming complex material flow data into understandable and actionable insights for users with technical backgrounds. The software employs features such as Sankey diagrams for flow visualization, ABC analysis for transport load assessment, and a variety of graphical mapping tools to effectively pinpoint bottlenecks and optimize logistics processes. visTABLE also integrates with Excel for seamless import and export of data, supporting comprehensive material flow analysis. This approach facilitates strategic management and optimization, prioritizing efficiency in logistics planning and cost reduction in transportation efforts. With its all-inclusive feature set, visTABLE eliminates the need for additional modules, offering a robust solution for technical professionals seeking to enhance their material flow planning and logistical operations.
Material flow is the most important thing in a production company. Because industry products are created from material within processes. Only when these are sold can the factory cover its costs. That is why it is important to move material quickly and directly between the necessary value-added processes (so called flow of material).
visTABLE® software turns this necessity into a creative planning task with the possibilities of the Digital Factory, leading to vivid and comprehensible results. Its visualization and evaluation functions, e.g. as diagram, guide the user specifically through material flow optimization.
Thus, system designs can be evaluated and optimized with their complex system effects at the same moment from different perspectives, which can significantly improve and optimize the management of raw materials, materials and inventories.
- Material flow analysis MFA
- Material flow optimization
- Flow diagram
- State analysis of intralogistics
Unique representation of material flow in the layout
- Fast mapping of layout and material flow
- Visualization of the material flow analysis, e.g. as diagram
- Routing directly or along the transport routes
Quickly and easily visualize the logistical relationships in your company. For this purpose, visTABLE® software automatically displays the material flow on the basis of the stored processes in the layout. Even such a graphical representation of the transports as Sankey diagram provides orientation for target-oriented material flow planning in manufacturing and logistics processes without time-consuming material flow simulation.
Flow diagram
- Quantity-proportional mapping of flows through production process directly in the factory layout as Sankey diagram (flow diagram)
- ABC analysis of the transport load on routes
- List display for transports with filter option
Identify bottlenecks with a lot of transport, e.g. on paths in production or at gates to the warehouse, as early as the planning stage. The system offers a graphical material flow analysis for this purpose. A clear visualization as diagram focuses your work in material flow planning and logistics optimization on the essential flows. In this way, logistical goals of the company can be achieved efficiently. The flow of material and inventory becomes a strategic management discipline.
Logistics evaluation
- Material flow analysis filtered by product families and transport types
- Key figures dashboard for logistics planning
- Evaluation of material flow variants
Evaluate your material flow planning quickly and clearly. This is because different scenarios quickly arise in logistics planning, e.g. for the provision of materials, material handling or the arrangement of warehouses. The goal in material flow analysis is then often optimization through comparative use of different systems and processes. The logistics evaluation provides differentiated management key figures for this purpose; an easy-to-understand indicator immediately shows improvements in material flow planning in percentage terms. This function thus supports the creation of benchmarks against industry standards.
Excel interface
- Import and export in *.xlsx format
- Degree of resolution for material flow data selectable
- Practical plausibility check during import
Using Excel, you export the results and the data of material flow analysis or import your preliminary material and process data to be diagrammed. Because data on the manufacturing process and information on the material are often distributed in operational systems with different objectives. Material flow planning therefore requires the preparation of diverse supply chain data. visTABLE® software provides practical templates for this, e.g. flow matrix or transport table as a basis for diagrams or flow charts.
Material flow analysis as lever to improve
MFA involves examining the two critical parameters of material quantity (flow intensity) and process path (path length) within manufacturing. Both parameters should be kept to a minimum as far as possible. For the material quantity, the one piece flow is considered the minimum, since less than one piece cannot flow and nothing accumulates within the system if only one piece flows at a time.
The distance between the value-adding process steps depends largely on how much space is taken up by the resources themselves and the necessary transport routes in between (layout planning). Looking at the value stream, this path should be as close to zero as possibly, i.e. direct transfer from station to station. But in most practical cases, such a simple principle can only be implemented in individual production sections. At the system level, comprehensive analysis, planning, optimization and management become necessary work.