FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept.
12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced
that Faurecia, one of the world's leading automotive suppliers, has
selected IBM Cloud as a support of a major business transformation
designed to accelerate digital manufacturing.
Managing an ever-growing global enterprise of manufacturing and
sales, Faurecia's digital transformation is centered on seamlessly
generating and communicating data, including data on production
quality and manufacturing processes, to drive efficiency and
productivity, while making production processes more visible and
controllable. Faurecia selected IBM to build a global cloud
solution to collect, manage and analyze data from every production
machine across the company. By using the capabilities of cloud and
analytics, non-quality can be drastically reduced allowing for
better efficiency.
At the core of the solution is a data lake in the IBM Cloud, a
massive repository that stores data in its native form until needed
and accessed. The data lake stores quality data from every product
at different stages of the manufacturing cycle, in order to track
product and process quality. The data lake is built with IBM's
Cloud platform and enables Faurecia to capture and store data from
its 24x7 worldwide manufacturing environment, which operates in 300
plants across 34 countries. Using IBM Predictive Maintenance and
Quality (PMQ), new insights about virtually every aspect of the
operation can be accessed on-demand to improve everything from
machine productivity to scrap management.
For example, by gathering quality data from every product at
different stages of the manufacturing process, together with
process data from production sensors and machinery and product
traceability data, Faurecia can immediately analyze the data to
determine factors that influence product and process quality. Using
this analysis, Faurecia can develop strategies to address quality
issues, including machine configuration, production modification or
tool replacement.
Collecting and analyzing more diverse operational data from
connected plants will allow Faurecia data scientists to build
better predictive maintenance models. Using IBM PMQ connected to
the data lake, the company plans to improve machine productivity
and reduce the scrap rate of its products by anticipating potential
production issues.
"At the helm of our digital transformation is technology that
can capture and analyze data to predict and prevent equipment
failures, correct inefficiencies and increase productivity," said
Grégoire Ferré, Digital Transformation Project Director at
Faurecia. "The selection of IBM Cloud is contributing to support
Faurecia's industry 4.0 strategy at the forefront of modern-day
manufacturing."
With IBM Cloud, Faurecia has easy access to flexible,
security-rich worldwide cloud infrastructure spanning 19 countries.
This scalable infrastructure will support future use cases and the
company's strategic ambitions.
"Agile manufacturing systems have become a key component in
remaining competitive in the automotive sector," said Béatrice
Kosowski, General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services in IBM
France. "With the IBM cloud-based platform and analytics
capabilities, Faurecia can leverage structured and unstructured
data to quickly address ever-changing customer needs with
intelligent solutions."
About Faurecia
Founded in 1997, Faurecia has grown to
become a major player in the global automotive industry. With 330
sites including 30 R&D centers, 100 000 employees in 34
countries, Faurecia is now a global leader in its three areas of
business: automotive seating, interior systems and clean mobility.
Faurecia has focused its technology strategy on providing solutions
for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. In 2016,
the Group posted total sales of €18.7 billion. Faurecia is listed
on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange and trades in the U.S.
over-the-counter (OTC) market. For more information, visit
www.faurecia.com
About IBM
For more information on IBM Cloud, visit
www.ibm.com/cloud-computing.
Jeannine Kilbride
1-860-997-6277
jkilbri@us.ibm.com
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