newsletter - Elmo Rietschle
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newsletter - Elmo Rietschle
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Successful projects<br />
The comprehensive FIP Project was<br />
launched in April 2006 with the relocation<br />
activities of Wittig Transport business to<br />
Bradford in England. Two years later, after<br />
completion of the electrical installations in<br />
the new research lab, the project was finally<br />
concluded at the end of March 2008.<br />
Johann-Sutter-Straße<br />
Assembly of the first twin-shaft machines<br />
was commenced here in January 2007. After<br />
further comprehensive structural alterations<br />
and moving work, mechanical production<br />
commenced with processing of the first cast<br />
parts around mid-2007. Guided by the principles<br />
of lean manufacturing, pre-requisites<br />
for a smooth, streamlined material flow for<br />
the production of twin-shaft machines (PD II)<br />
were realized in Johann-Sutter-Straße. Full<br />
procedures for operative procurement, production,<br />
assembly, test stands, paint shop<br />
and dispatch for the twin-shaft machines are<br />
all located in a single block of buildings. The<br />
service division, apart from the repair section,<br />
was also relocated to Johann-Sutter-<br />
Straße. The PD II works management, the<br />
service offices and the Industrial Engineering<br />
Division are all accommodated on the office<br />
floor, renovated to create a congenial working<br />
atmosphere.<br />
Roggenbachstraße<br />
Comprehensive building measures and<br />
moving activities also commenced in the<br />
Roggenbachstraße in the spring of 2007<br />
with the relocation of processing centers.<br />
Combining mechanical production and the<br />
assembly of single-shaft machines (PD I) in<br />
one part of the building (Eastern Hall) created<br />
ideal conditions for lean manufacturing.<br />
focus | August 2008 | 12<br />
Factory Improvement Project (FIP)<br />
Project Manager Friedrich Justen, DEng., outlines the final results of the project.<br />
Friedrich Justen, Doctor of Engineering<br />
Factory Improvement Project (FIP)<br />
Project Manager<br />
Formerly GF Wittig<br />
Project launch: April 2006<br />
to March 2007 Integration Manager<br />
since 1 March 2007 Engineering Director<br />
from 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2007<br />
Submitted the FIP Project<br />
As in Johann-Sutter-Straße, procurement,<br />
production, assembly, test stands, painting<br />
and dispatch will all be concentrated in<br />
a single building here. The lab moved from<br />
the basement to the first floor of Western Hall,<br />
which used to house the processing centers.<br />
A new, spacious development lab for displacers<br />
was set up here.<br />
Some of the office divisions were also<br />
affected. The Finance/Controlling departments<br />
are now on the second floor of the<br />
blower production facility in Grienmatt. The<br />
Purchase Department now occupies the former<br />
offices of the Finance/Controlling Department<br />
in Roggenbachstrasse, and the Commercial<br />
Dispatch Department moved to the<br />
premises formerly occupied by the Purchase<br />
Department. This castling has enabled the<br />
QM/QS Department to jointly use the former<br />
office of the Dispatch Department. The<br />
entire Engineering Department for displacers<br />
is now located on the 3rd and 4th floors in<br />
the Roggenbachstraße. The staff council<br />
changed sides in the shift, from the railway<br />
to the road side. Only Human Ressources<br />
remained where it has always been.<br />
Grienmatt<br />
In Grienmatt, in the systems area (casting<br />
building), the Wittig systems were integrated<br />
into the assembly and the office premises.<br />
Medical technology assembly from France<br />
was also integrated here.<br />
AirCenter assembly has been moved from<br />
the casting building to the blower production<br />
facility. The PLZ AirCenter and the dynamic<br />
type machines were combined and moved to<br />
the former lab.<br />
In the L-shaped building in Grienmatt, offices<br />
for corporate employees were made available<br />
on the 2nd floor in the former customer<br />
service offices. A showroom was also established<br />
here. During the course of this year the<br />
archives distributed until now from Schopfheim<br />
are to be combined to a central archive<br />
on this floor.