E2M News and Press Releases

Go Reconfigure

Duluth, GA (March 6th, 2012) - In the manufacturing world, time is often your worst enemy. Margins are usually tight, and start-up schedules have to be as short as possible. This is especially true when it comes to large consumer goods companies. One such client recently wanted to replace packaging lines, and their success can largely be chalked up to solid virtual simulation and system analytics tools. The situation was difficult: one of the world’s largest consumer goods company’s iconic food has been on the tables of millions of Americans for decades. However, new requirements for increased flexibility and capacity in the line demanded that the old line and control software be changed out. With a tight two-week deadline, the client needed to meet or exceed the following work requirements: Four banks of baggers with the ability to share common trunk lines, every bagger needed to be able to go to any packer, old l...

Smart Size It

Duluth, GA (January 10th, 2012) - How to Save Millions on Warehouse Automation You’re looking into warehouse automation, and you’ve already decided that an ASRS system is the way to go. But with ASRS costs reaching well into the millions of dollars, you’ve got to get the size right. Overestimate, and you waste valuable capital. Underestimate, and you won’t meet future demand. So we suggest a more scientific approach to ASRS planning. This is how a consumer products manufacturer cut the projected installation costs of their ASRS system by $1.5 million. We took a different approach for estimating the necessary rack space to help this consumer products manufacturer optimize their ASRS system. We wanted to make sure our client would not be wasting capital on capacity that might not be used, but we also had to ensure that the company would not sacrifice potential revenue by installing a system that wasn’t large enoug...