Smart factory and industry 4.0: the growth of Giacomo Martinelli with GP Progetti
The cooperation between Giacomo Martinelli and GP Progetti began more than 20 years ago. Alongside the constant growth of Martinelli, GP Progetti has operated, installing the eNX suite with specific configurations to meet the customer’s needs, up to the last major intervention that definitely combines the name of Giacomo Martinelli with the concepts of smart factory and industry 4.0.
GP Progetti programmed eNX on the basis of the inputs of the customer. It is not a simple internal planning of all processes (from acceptance to shipment), but a tool that dynamically adapts to external and internal needs. Software automation does not replicate an established process, but allows to choose who and when to query based on the specific needs of managers and departments.
Methods, timing, questions and answers are adjustable and calibrated on the company’s thirty-year experience to build a specific process that guarantees the quality of the individual product and the efficiency of its process. Thanks to GP Progetti’s eNX full the human-technology integration is effective: thirty years of experience and human flexibility supported by memory and IT means to bring the departments of Giacomo Martinelli to their maximum performance.
How did Giacomo Martinelli grow to become a smart factory according to industry 4.0?
Also thanks to the interventions of GP Progetti, the achievements of Giacomo Martinelli are important and tangible:
- Revenue and employee growth
The company’s turnover has recorded a constant increase over the years, which continues also in the first quarter of 2019 compared to that of 2018. Last year Martinelli’s team grew by 30%, reaching the number of 32 employees.
- Increase in the number of machines and expansion of production
Thanks to the smart factory tools, Giacomo Martinelli produced, in 2018, 800 different items also thanks to the constant expansion of the machinery. Within the first half of 2019 the production units will increase from 40 to 42.
- Improvement of business efficiency
Also thanks to the real-time production monitoring system installed by GP Progetti, Giacomo Martinelli greatly optimizes efficiency. With the 4.0 system, in 2018 it was possible to monitor in detail more than 3,400 production lots. Of these, less than 0.5% were partially negative.
- Subcontracting, lead time of a few hours
In 2018 Giacomo Martinelli moved to Passirano (BS) in a new production headquarter covering 4,000 square meters and more than 8,000 uncovered. The strategic proximity to the Ospitaletto motorway exit (A4), combined with the management system installed by GP Progetti, guarantees customers a lead time of hours, not days.
The intervention of GP Progetti, from a smart factory and industry 4.0 perspective, allowed the introduction of timely notifications, interconnecting all company departments. Not only technology for communication between machines, but efficient dialogues between all the corporate bodies involved. The smart factory that not only allows the dialogue between the machines, but also simplifies and makes more effective communication between the people who work in the company to optimize production and maintain high and constant quality.
Do you want to turn your company into a smart factory to improve production in all its phases? Contact GP Progetti for a meeting.
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Giacomo Martinelli: a smart factory thanks to GP Progetti
GP Progetti introduces the important project that led the company Giacomo Martinelli towards the fundamental goal of Industry 4.0.
The GP Progetti consultants’ team has worked for 20 years alongside Alberto Martinelli, owner of Giacomo Martinelli, to transform the company into a cutting-edge smart factory.
The pursuit of continuous improvement in business processes is the goal of the project.
Giacomo Martinelli, a company from Brescia specialized in subcontracting that deals with thread rolling since 1964, produces 100 million pieces a year today. In 2018 it moved into the new and innovative 4,000 square meter headquarters in Passirano (BS), expanding its production through an improved technological development. The owner, Alberto Martinelli, wanted first and foremost to allow his employees to work well because the quality of life is connected also to work, according to the company’s CEO. By improving the work, production is also optimized.
The goals of Giacomo Martinelli to become a smart factory:
- Remove production stoppages, which are the cause of the increase of price for products and services
- Constant monitoring of work processes
- Immediate analysis of data to identify errors and problems in real time
- Continuous improvement in productivity
From a company to an innovative smart factory with eNX Full
How did GP Progetti help Giacomo Martinelli to achieve its goals?
The proposals of GP Progetti made it possible to transform the expectations, desires and needs of the owner, Alberto Martinelli, into reality.
The Brescia-based company has acquired a certificate of excellence that makes it a smart factory. GP Progetti, thanks to the know-how of the specialized team and cutting-edge tools, has installed a software package for the complete management of all production-related data with analysis using internal modules.
The innovative eNX full package allows to manage:
- Business processes through workflow management
- Production planning by anticipating future inefficiencies
- Automatic data collection from interconnected machines
- Events with automatic notifications
- The analysis and processing of Big Data.
To become a smart factory, the intervention of a partner specialized in advanced industrial production management programs is necessary. The technology that puts man in communication with machines to optimize production and improve quality.
Do you want to improve the productivity of your business? Transform your company into a smart factory according to the 4.0 industry with GP Progetti. Contact us.
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