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Optimizing the assembly process with VR: from analysis to validation

Variants change, deadlines press, and disruptions tear gaps in the takt. If you want to optimize your assembly process, you need a clean analysis and fast validation.

Ergonomics and workstation design: putting strain analysis in assembly into practice

Your team screws overhead at a height of 170 cm. Boxes sit on the floor, and every lift weighs 18 kg. Cycle time varies by 6 seconds, and quality suffers.

Digital workstation design with VR: a practical guide to ergonomic, efficient workstations

Digital workstation design only becomes truly tangible when you walk through it in VR. Many shopfloor problems arise because distances, grip heights, or handovers are misjudged, and they often only …

Greenfield in factory, layout, and hall planning: how to plan your plant from scratch

In a greenfield project, you have to balance location, floor space, material flows, safety, ergonomics, and budget with each other.

5S workstation design: putting lean production and efficient workstations into practice

Clutter, search times, and unnecessary walking quickly cost minutes and nerves in everyday work. In many assembly and logistics areas, 10 to 30 seconds per search and 2 to 8 m of extra walking per …

Bottleneck analysis in production: putting assembly planning and process optimization into practice

Bottleneck analysis in production determines stable throughput in assembly. When bottlenecks slow down takt and material flow, work in process (WIP), rework, and schedule risks go up.

Digital workstation design with virtual reality: from the first layout to measurable benefits

You're planning new workstations or changing existing lines, but the truly critical questions often only get answered during setup.

Assembly planning and process optimization: comparing layout variants based on data

Assembly planning and process optimization succeed when you compare layout variants based on data instead of gut feeling.

Ergonomics and workstation design: posture analysis in VR

Ergonomics and workstation design determine health, productivity, and quality in everyday work. When postures get out of hand, musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) increase, search and grasp times get …

Digital workstation design with VR: how 3D workstation planning software improves your workstation

Unfavorable postures, long routes, and late rebuilds slow down every rollout on the shopfloor. Digital workstation design with VR makes these risks visible early and lets you make decisions at 1:1 …

Brownfield in factory, layout, and hall planning: replanning existing factories safely in VR

Factory, layout, and hall planning in a brownfield setting is precision work under time pressure. You plan while production keeps running, with tight spaces, legacy equipment, and incomplete data …

Lean workstation design: validate efficient workstations in lean production quickly

Lean workstation design stabilizes cycles and noticeably shortens routes. When postures and working heights fit ergonomically, cycle stability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and safety go up.

Time and motion analysis at the workstation: how to speed up assembly planning and process optimization with VR

In assembly, every hand movement counts. Long routes, search times, and unfavorable grasping zones cost cycle time, increase strain, and creep into everyday work unnoticed.

Virtual reality in production: digital workstation design that feels right

You know the situation: layouts look good in CAD, PowerPoint, and Excel and suddenly feel wrong on the shopfloor.

One Piece Flow at the Workstation: Planning Takt Time, Layout, and Ergonomics Right

Lean production and efficient workstations mean short lead times, little work in process (WIP), and robust quality.

Workstation ergonomics checklist: how to plan healthy and efficient workstations

On the shopfloor, millimeters and seconds determine safety, quality, and cycle stability. With an ergonomics checklist for the workstation, you assess grasping area, working height, postures, forces …

Virtual ergonomics check in VR: putting digital workstation design into practice

You plan workstations, takt times, and ergonomics, and you know how expensive misjudgments on site become.

Point clouds in factory, layout, and hall planning: how to use 3D scans for faster decisions

If you plan within an existing facility, you often work with incomplete CAD data, tape-measure readings, and old drawings. That's a risky foundation.