Tower Automotive Rolls Out Activplant's Throughput Analyzer Performance Management Software
Activplant announced today that Tower Automotive will deploy Throughput Analyzer across its global enterprise
LONDON, Ontario, April 14 -- Activplant Corporation, the standard in manufacturing performance management software solutions for the world's leading manufacturers, announced early today that Tower Automotive, LLC has selected the Activplant Performance Management System, Throughput Analyzer(TM) as its choice for throughput improvements globally. This announcement affirms Activplant as the chosen leader in universal standard performance management throughout Tower Automotive.
Tower has made the decision to implement Activplant's Throughput Analyzer as its standardized enterprise operational improvement tool and plans to complete a global deployment of the application over the next two years. This recent announcement comes on the heels of five of Tower's facilities successfully gaining throughput improvements by leveraging the foundation of the Activplant Performance Management System: ActivEssentials. Tower will now apply Activplant's Throughput Analyzer across its global enterprise.
"Tower has selected Activplant's Throughput Analyzer as a standard global tool to provide visibility for all our plants while helping drive efficiency on the manufacturing floor," said Orrie Jones, Vice President and CIO, Tower Automotive. "We are currently using Activplant ActivEssentials in several of our plants and now will implement their constraint analysis software to help us increase overall throughput."
"We are thrilled to be selected as a global standard within Tower. Global manufacturers are facing unprecedented challenges especially in the Automotive Industry. Many manufacturers are overwhelmed by the mountains of data and reports collected from the plant floor. Deciding where to focus can be a daunting task. Manufacturers are looking for ways to prioritize these issues and focus on the high impact changes that offer quantifiable, sustained gains with quick returns." said Chuck Frosst, President Activplant. "The Throughput Analyzer, cuts through this mass of manufacturing data and provides an unbiased view of the plant floor, identifying the chronic disruptions to product flow or "constraints," prioritizing their impact within the manufacturing value stream. This application provides manufacturers with the focus they so desperately need enabling them to prioritize their continuous improvement efforts on high impact areas within their plants. Many of our customers in North America and across the world are experiencing sustained performance gains up to 25% in a matter of weeks."
About Activplant Corporation:
An enterprise manufacturing intelligence market leader, Activplant's Performance Management System has set the standard in operational excellence within the world's largest and most admired manufacturers. Aimed at high- volume, high-automation plants, Activplant's solution consolidates plant floor data into relevant real-time and historical information, enabling productivity gains by optimizing product, people, equipment and processes. With Activplant solutions, plant managers and manufacturing executives can focus on the key issues in their facilities that ultimately improve product quality, accelerate new product launches and drive performance gains. Activplant is a privately held company based in London, Ontario. For more information please visit http://www.activplant.com/ .
About Tower Automotive
Tower Automotive, LLC, is a global designer and producer of vehicle structural components and assemblies used by automotive original equipment manufacturers, including BMW, Chery, Chrysler, Daimler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. Products include body structures and assemblies, lower vehicle frames and structures, and suspension components. Additional company information is available at http://www.towerautomotive.com/ .