The automotive industry is seeing a growing number of recalls each year, and they aren’t the only industry affected by recalls. In fact, the demand for user-friendly systems that provide insight into improved production outputs and higher quality outcomes has only grown over time. An increasing number of recalls is a big push for this demand, as facilities compete to provide customers with the highest quality product possible.
It goes without saying that everyone wants to reduce the number of product recalls. They are widely recognized as a major risk, incredibly expensive, inconvenient, and can be detrimental to a brand's profitability and sustainability, but how can they be avoided?
Implementing Industry 4.0 systems that allow for traceability processes is an effective way to protect your customers and your company's bottom line from safety and other business risks. Continue reading to learn how Atlas Copco's intuitive product traceability software is paving the way for higher product quality, performance, and customer safety and how they can benefit your production today!
Real-time solutions provided by Atlas Copco
Many software solutions, such as Atlas Copco’s ToolsNet 8, are designed to optimize traceability. ToolsNet 8 enables manufacturers to identify the root cause of an issue, assess the reach of a potential quality leak, and quickly deploy a corrective action and prevention strategy more swiftly and effectively. Therefore, ToolsNet 8 gives you full control, resulting in less rework, higher quality, and maximum uptime.
Atlas Copco provides a range of innovative software solutions. One such solution is Scalable Quality Solution – SQS, a comprehensive software solution that drives quality, process reliability, and transparency to your assembly stations. By pairing SQS with error-proofing systems that provide advanced product traceability software and root cause analysis capabilities, you can identify and address production or quality-related issues in real time. This way, you can always detect flaws or errors before they become a bigger issue.
Continuously improve your processes
Traceability software also provides an opportunity for process optimization to improve productivity on the line. Atlas Copco’s ToolsNet 8, standard for product traceability software, and many of our other intuitive software platforms, provide the ability to deploy positive change more efficiently, helping you to stay on top of your quality issues and keeping your assembly productive and accurate.
Atlas Copco stands by ready to help your plant prioritize traceability
The Atlas Copco product portfolio features a diverse selection of hardware, software, and industrial tools that can help ensure all processes at plants around the country and globe are traced, tracked, and documented. One of Atlas Copco’s software solutions, ToolsTalk 2, will take your line management to the next level by monitoring changes made to the assembly line and automatically saving an archive of all tightening programs and versions for future reference. Therefore, ToolsTalk 2 gives quality control in complex production systems and increases uptime in production critical operations.
To sum it up
Product recalls are the last thing that you, your operators, or your customers want to deal with, which is why solutions that provide traceability are essential to your production. To protect your customers and your bottom line, discover how Atlas Copco’s array of innovative product traceability software solutions will aid your operations today!
Are you interested in learning more about improving your business and production operations with product traceability software? Contact us today for a quick traceability health check!