Computer-based production optimization is most commonly applied in bulk manufacturing, but the system can also be used in process environments.
The Suolahti plywood factory is one of the best in the world when it comes to knowing the phases of their manufacturing process.

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Already after four weeks of testing the machine-data system "Machine track" a first optimization potential in the Schmelzmetall Deutschland GmbH can be recognized. At the turning machines a reduction of 12% of setup time can be saved. In the planned work time of two shifts this means an increase of the availability of approximately 10 hours per week.

Another potential result is in the cleaning times. Here's a savings of 15-20% expected, about 12-20 hours per week.

The pilot test will be completed in mid-June and then evaluated the results.

Since the foundation of Schmelzmetall Deutschland AG in 1959 the company has become the competent partner for specific types of tempered copper alloys. Today, Schmelzmetall is a leading manufacturer of high-performance materials and present by its own subsidiaries and partners worldwide. Their HOVADUR ® materials stand for highest quality and optimized price/performance.

Building on the expertise of more than four decades, Schmelzmetall is well versed to manufacture special copper alloys in vacuum. This sophisticated production processes guarantees a high uniformity of our alloys. In combination with the knowledge of subsequent processing to semi-finished products and finished parts there is a unique advantage for the customers: high-performance materials with precise concerted properties that meet varied individual needs.

The Schmelzmetall Deutschland GmbH wants now to improve their productivity in their manufacturing and started a pilot project together with Arrow Engineering Oy. The eight week pilot should provide first-hand experience in dealing with an automatic real-time capture of the relevant machine data. The objectives of this pilot project are recognizing the optimization potentials during the production. This requires a detailed gathering of all incident and waiting reasons during cycle times of the machines. All errors during the production and occurring still-stands are collected, so that bottlenecks can be recognized and to reach internally a cost reduction.

Contact:
Schmelzmetall Deutschland GmbH
Tel. ++49 (9359) 9720-0
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Mr. Dirk Opperbeck has started on 15’th of March at ARROW Engineering as a Project Engineer.
He is responsible for ARROW Machine Track installations, development and support. 
Dirk was born in Germany and lives now in Jyväskylä, Finland.  He works at the headquarter of ARROW Engineering Oy.

We are happy to welcome Dirk to our team!

Please visit our stand at the Hannover Industrial Fair (19 April to 23 April, 2010).

The fair is the world's leading showcase for industrial production technology.
ARROW Engineering will present its products as part of the Digital Factory exhibition.

You can find our stand in hall 17, stand number G57.

Take the opportunity and get some detailed information on our software systems covering the both fields of OEE/MDE/BDE – monitoring and maintenance management. We are looking forward to your visit!

www.hannovermesse.de 

We are happy to inform the promotion of Dirk Bogdahn and Martin W. Steinbach to sales manager of European market.
 
These designations have been in effect from the beginning of December 2009.
 
Mr. Bogdahn and Mr. Steinbach have years of experience in manufacturing environment and a good knowledge of various industry requirements.  
 
Mr. Dirk Bogdahn works from Essen and Mr. Martin W. Steinbach from Munich.

In the highly competitive printing trade both the utilisation rate of the machines and the quantity of machine broke affect the profitability of the business.
Machine monitoring helped substantially with both of these pains, which made the payback period for the investment short.

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The production of an assembly line, for instance, is usually kept continuous. In the Andon philosophy, when an error occurs, the line is stopped
and the reason for the problem is investigated. When the downtime is recorded into the information system, it is possible to systematically
deal with the causes.

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The numerous production lines of the confectionery factory affect all the factory’s processes. Therefore, measuring overall equipment effectiveness and locating problems is extremely important. The measuring also gives information on cost savings.

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Having graduated with an Engineering Degree in Information Technology from the Jyväskylä Polytechnic, Susanna now reinforces our system designer team.

Mrs. Salonen, who already wrote her Master’s Thesis in cooperation with ARROW Engineering, is our new specialist of the ARROW Maint system. Her work will include customer support and system development as well as other tasks regarding ARROW Maint projects.

The 2009 Hannover Fair ended with yet another great success as a whole and for us. A total of 210 000 visitors and 6 150 exhibitors from 61 nations were registered, which indicated another sharp increase in the interest toward the fair.

Despite of - or maybe even because of -  the slowed down global economical situation, we were able to welcome a great number of interested visitors, who had a clear focus on finding systems for production optimisation and better resource management.

The especially positive feedback on our solutions in the areas of maintenance management and monitoring once more reinforces our view of ourselves as solution delivery experts with the actual software just being one part of a bigger project to increase our customers’ productivity. Consulting services, support, and individually configured software are equally important parts of our services.

Due to the great success of last week’s trade fair engagement we know for sure that we will be present with yet another stand next year at the 2010 Hannover Fair. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Please visit our stand at the Hannover Industrial Fair (20 April to 24 April, 2009).

The fair is the world's leading showcase for industrial production technology.
ARROW Engineering will present its products as part of the Digital Factory exhibition.

You can find our stand in hall 17, stand number B66.

Take the opportunity and get some detailed information on our software systems covering the both fields of OEE/MDE/BDE – monitoring and maintenance management. We are looking forward to your visit!

Hannover Messe 2009

In February, ARROW Engineering Oy's service organisation has been reinforced with a new project manager - Viljami Herrala. Viljami’s field of work will include ARROW Maint project management, training and deployment services, and after-sales development activities.

Total Productive Management – The Path to Operational Excellence is this year’s theme for the TPM®-Forum held by Management Circle AG.

ARROW Engineering takes to opportunity and will be presenting its strongly TPM-related software solutions for optimising production and maintenance of production machinery. In addition to showcasing our world-class solutions ARROW Machine Track and ARROW Maint, our highly professional consulting and training services will be presented. Together, our solutions and services make a complete package solution and a flexible system delivery tailored to our customer’s individual needs.

Take the opportunity to see us at this year’s TPM Forum. 

The MAINTAIN 2008 has closed its gates, and one result of this year’s participation is that professional, managed maintenance workflow has gained more importance. Despite of a growing number of co-exhibitors, we noted an enormous increase in interested contacts and were able to welcome many interested customers to our fair stand.

The huge amount of direct, positive feedback on our easy-to-use work management system ARROW Maint has proven the success of our user-friendly approach. Maint is a tool aimed at helping our customers get the maximum benefit from organising their maintenance organisation and developing it into a real competitive advantage.

We always put the focus beyond simply selling a piece of software, as we see Maint as an important tool in a bigger project that is meant to help you accomplish your goals. Therefore, consulting and individual software adaption are essential elements of our services right alongside the system delivery itself.

After these above-average results we will certainly be glad to welcome you again to our next year's Maintain fair stand.

We would like to welcome Mr. Tuomo Mutikainen as our latest member of Arrow Engineering Oy’s management and sales teams. He will be responsible for the general sales development in the European market.

Before joining ARROW Engineering, Tuomo has worked as project manager in business development projects at Marketing Management Concept Oy and as sales and marketing manager for companies such as Festo Ltd and Siemens.

Tuomo's wide range of experience will be a welcome addition to ARROW Engineering’s management and sales teams.

Good grades through and through

With our customer satisfaction survey of spring 2008, we wanted to clarify customers' opinions on the separate parts of our service lines. Thank you all, who took part in the survey. Once again you provided us with valuable information on how to develop our operations and enhance the quality of our services even further.

It was nice to hear that our customers were very satisfied with their partnership with ARROW Engineering Oy. We got a good general grade of which we are very proud. Especially our helpdesk received good feedback on its proficiency, fast response times, and flexibility.

Furthermore, the survey indicates that customers really feel they can take their productivity to a new level with the help of ARROW systems and services. ARROW Engineering Oy was found to be a very flexible, trustworthy partner and a good listener, when it comes to customer requests. We are very pleased that the recommendation percentage for ARROW software once more increased substantially: nearly 94 % of those who participated in the survey would recommend ARROW to business partners and other companies.

Development targets

Besides the praise, we also received some good development suggestions for improving our services. In the future, we will continue to develop our products, follow-up marketing, and information policies. Some answers to the request for more information are our renewed website and a customer magazine, which will be published twice a year. We also plan to take on some development proposals, which we received through the survey.

ARROW Engineering will again participate in Germany's most important trade fair for industrial maintenance in Munich.

The main focus of our fair stand will certainly be on our easy-to-use maintenance system ARROW Maint, which combines high functionality with extreme usability. We certainly hope to repeat last year’s success with many interested new customers taking the opportunity to have a short demonstration of the software’s capabilities.

We kindly welcome you to visit our fair stand and look forward to seeing you at our stand 308, in hall 2.

Dates:
14 October to 16 October,  2008
M.O.C. Fair Centre, Munich

Opening times:
Tuesday to Thursday
9 am to 5 pm

Here’s your chance to meet us in person at the METAV in Düsseldorf, starting from the 31st of March until the 4th of April 2008.

Starting during the same time period as the specialty fair Wire und Tube, the METAV mostly focuses on the metalworking industry. Among others, machine and precision tools, automation components, and production-related systems are the key issues displayed.

We, as a software manufacturer, would like to present to you both our machine data tracking system ARROW Machine Track and our maintenance solution ARROW Maint. Take the opportunity to get a “live” view of our products and discuss your current software needs and projects on machine tracking and/or organising maintenance.

We are glad to welcome you to our stand at the Düsseldorf Fair grounds in Hall 3, stand number F38.