Industrial Design Engineering

Bachelor Assignment

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Nieuwenhuizen, T. van (Thom)

Improving the information flows between the shop floor and office in a steel construction environment

At: Voortman Steel Machinery | Digi-Steel

The goal of this assignment is to improve the information flows between the shop floor and office in a steel construction environment. Currently, most of the information flows are using verbal or paper communication mediums, and there is no clear structure or overview of all the information. Therefore, it is attempted to digitalise the information flows. A software system will analyse and process all the information, meaning that the information flows can be clearly structured. The shop floor employees can interact with the software system by using an application on a handheld mobile device. The focus of the solution is to register the assembly durations and make employee activities traceable. However, the shop floor employees can also give feedback and some basic work instructions can be sent to them.

Exam date: 25-01-2024