VORWERK & Co. KG developed from a carpet factory into a broad-based, global group of companies. Since 1930, the core business has consisted of direct sales of high-quality products such as the Thermomix household appliance. In recent years, this business area has grown steadily. For the production of the new model, the company decided to expand an existing factory building at the Wuppertal-Laaken site. MALORG Consulting provided planning support for the project.
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Factory structure concept for a new household appliance
27. May 2022, Reading time: 1 min 58 second
Conversion of a former export hall
- Expansion of the former export hall for assembly, testing and logistics (goods receipt, warehouse function, production supply, packaging, shipping)
- Development of an optimal plant structure concept from goods delivery to shipping
- Creation of framework conditions for the highest possible and most efficient value creation
Order flow process in the analysis
- Analysis and optimization of the order flow process
- Recording of the entire information and material flow for potential evaluation of process optimization and design of an assembly concept
- Approach: lean production, reduce idle times and non-value adding activities to a minimum
Variant creation and selection
- Development and planning of different concept variants for new production hall
- Layout planning for new production hall: determination of future space requirements and planning of optimal arrangements
- Planning and ergonomic optimization of assembly workstations
- Detailing of material supply