GE Aerospace Improves Manufacturing Productivity by Enabling a Smarter Factory | Velotic

GE Aerospace Improves Manufacturing Productivity by Enabling a Smarter Factory

Learn how Velotic's Proficy MES helped GE Aerospace improve its manufacturing processes and have better control over the shop floor.

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Company
GE Aerospace
Industry
Manufacturing & Digital Plant, Aerospace & Defense
Products
Cloud MES, Proficy Historian for Cloud, Proficy Plant Applications, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software

Overview

1.9%
Increase in productivity in 10 months
ORDER DELIVERY
Improved on-time order delivery in 10 months
SAFETY
Improved operational safety
1.9%

Increase in productivity in 10 months

ORDER DELIVERY

Improved on-time order delivery in 10 months

SAFETY

Improved operational safety

GE Aerospace in Cheltenham, UK manufactures power management systems for 777 aircrafts. These power management systems control everything from the heated cockpit seats to entertainment systems and navigation lights.

Challenges

Challenges

Combatting siloed manufacturing

GE Aerospace was operating six different manufacturing cells in silos, making it very difficult to track where a particular unit or units are. This caused variation across its manufacturing sites. The company also had a very paper heavy factory floor, making build instructions and drawings hard to manage.

Solutions

Solutions

Manufacturing software for Aviation in action
Results

Results

Better control of factory floor operations

By leveraging Velotic’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), GE Aerospace is able to accurately lay out its manufacturing processes and have better control over what’s happening on the shop floor. The company has also automated many of its manual processes, including directly delivering operator instructions in real-time.

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