matflow® – material flow and more

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different companies. It includes all processes associated with the storage, transport, picking and packaging of materials. The goal of material flow is to maximize a company’s efficiency and productivity by shortening lead times, minimizing inventories, and increasing supply reliability.

Material flow systems consist of different areas such as production, storage, transport, picking and packaging. The efficiency of a company depends heavily on how well these processes, data, information and tools are designed. Modern material flow systems require end-to-end integration into the company-specific logistics concept, starting with supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) and ending with the manufacturing execution system (MES).

A material handling system can be divided into two main components:

  • Administrative system: This system plans and monitors the flow of materials. It forwards orders to the transport system and confirms the implementation.
  • Transport system: This system includes the transport and storage elements as well as the process control. It performs the physical movements of the materials.

The most important goals of a material flow system are:

  • Reduction of personnel costs
  • Performance enhancement
  • Optimization of material availability
  • Optimal material flow coordination
  • Increase productivity through better machine utilization
  • Error reduction

Through a close coupling of material and information flow, the following goals are achieved:

  • Data consistency across the organization
  • Transparency in the material flow
  • Reduction of throughput times
  • Minimization of inventories
  • Increased delivery reliability and adherence to deadlines
  • Increased flexibility
  • Maximizing utilization

Material flow systems are often individual individual solutions that cannot be directly transferred to other companies, which can lead to high costs for planning, project planning, engineering, production, assembly and changes.

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