Line Balancing for Bus Manufacturers
TAKTIQ Enables Stable Assembly Lines for Buses
Whether it’s buses, city buses, or tour buses: The design and manufacturing of buses are characterized by numerous variants, different configurations, and complex assembly processes. With each additional vehicle variant, the demands for stable production and a balanced distribution of tasks along the assembly line increase.
TAKTIQ helps bus manufacturers manage this complexity and identify the impact on assembly as early as the planning stage.
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Four Common Challenges in Bus Production
Different vehicle variants and changing work tasks have a direct impact on the utilization of the assembly line. However, without sufficient transparency, it is often difficult to identify which workplaces experience peak workloads and what effects changes have on capacity and staffing. This increases the effort required for coordination and makes it more difficult to maintain a stable line balancing process.
Variety of Options in Bus Assembly
Different model series and equipment options result in widely varying work tasks. This makes line balancing significantly more complex.
Complex Capacity and Workforce Planning
Fluctuating workloads along the line make it difficult to plan for capacity and staffing. Changes often have to be accommodated on short notice.
Lack of Transparency Regarding Bottlenecks
Changes in the variant mix move the workload at individual workplaces, without it being immediately apparent where bottlenecks are developing.
Peak Loads in Final Assembly
Unevenly distributed workloads lead to overloads. This increases the effort required for coordination and compromises production stability.
- Visualization of order programs and variants, including their impact on work content and workload along the assembly line.
- A clear overview of how changes affect workload and potential bottlenecks at each workplace.
- Early assessment of the workload at individual workplaces to support balanced and stable line balancing.
- Evaluation of planning changes to better align staffing, capacity, and line utilization.
Plan More Safely, Produce More Efficiently
Using TAKTIQ to Improve Transparency on Bus Assembly Lines
TAKTIQ visualizes the effects of variants, work tasks, and workload levels along the entire assembly line. Bottlenecks, peak workloads, and changes in workload become apparent early on, before they impact the production process. This enables planners to establish a stable line balancing process and create a better foundation for capacity and staffing decisions.
Here’s How TAKTIQ Supports Your Automotive Production on a Daily Basis:
Use comprehensive analysis functions and visualized key metrics to evaluate variants and production times in detail. Simulate the effects of different order programs and use flexible variant linking with any feature rules to ensure smooth production.
Plan Faster—Make Better Decisions! Interactive and automated scheduling functions allow you to anticipate the impact of each adjustment in advance and make fine-tuning adjustments more easily. Automated workshop minutes and reports, as well as seamless multi-user planning with time-stamped plan states, also make it easier to work as a team.
- Real-time calculation of expected order dates based on actual dates
- Confirmations from external systems or manual entries
- Alert support staff in a targeted and timely manner
- Calculate job schedules for each station in advance, taking into account the plant structure, shift models, break times, and disruptions
- Calculate expected drift limit exceedances based on individual drift configurations for each workplace
- Show whether sequence rules are followed or there are violations
Our Customers Agree
Maximilian Remmele Head of work preparation at Kramer-Werke„TAKTIQ is indispensable for us because it creates transparency, digitally maps our employees’ knowledge and noticeably increases capacity utilization. From our point of view, there is no better software for line balancing. “
Dr. Björn Boßman Head of Planning Assembly at Mercedes„With TAKTIQ’s interactive line balancing, we save a lot of time in line optimization. Maintaining process requirements directly in the software ensures that solutions can be implemented in practice. The flexible simulation of various line balancing scenarios and order programs with TAKTIQ saves us additional time and creates transparency for well-founded decisions. “
Thomas Felder Production Planning and Control„For us, TAKTIQ is a helpful tool for making production data understandable and actionable. Potential opportunities and anomalies become apparent more quickly, allowing us to take more targeted action. This supports the continuous improvement of our processes. “
Mike Appenmaier Head of Process Planning at Dethleffs„TAKTIQ helps us to visualize tasks and processes. We recognize where waste occurs, can specifically evaluate special orders and continuously improve our production times. This creates transparency and makes fluctuations manageable. “
Raimund Schwierz Product Owner PP & WFM at CLAAS„Considering the complexity of the software, it is surprisingly easy to use. Overall, it is very intuitive and, in my opinion, the best solution on the market. I particularly appreciate the fast support – there is always a quick solution to any queries. “
Dominik Hammerl Global Lead Manufacturing Innovation at AGCO„TAKTIQ makes our assembly and order planning more transparent, intuitive and faster. With constant changes to cycle times, product mix and assembly rates, TAKTIQ allows us to maintain an overview and avoid bottlenecks in the assembly line despite high capacity utilization. Finally, we always have a sympathetic ear when it comes to implementing new software requirements and ideas. “
Dawid Weremiuk Vehicle Production Planner at Porsche„TAKTIQ brings structure, transparency and speed to our planning – with the same precision that we at Porsche expect on the road.“
Know in 15 Minutes Whether We Are a Good Match
Find out in a brief initial consultation whether our software is right for you. Together we will check whether and how much benefit you can achieve with TAKTIQ in your production and planning. Clearly, quickly and without obligation.
- Quickly gain clarity as to whether our software is suitable for your production
- Free initial consultation and identification of potential
- Discussion of your personal challenge