Flexibility, Agility and Mass Customization
Now Available to Manufacturing Firms:
Western Reserve Controls, (WRC) the maker
of the SmartMux® and
Holocon™ family of industrial control products, announced
the formation of a spin-off company, AM2C – The
Agile Manufacturing and Mass Customization Company in December
2006.
WRC and AM2C have the exclusive rights to
enhance, commercialize and sub-license a suite of patented
factory
automation software
PLATFORMS developed by Eveready Battery Company for
Agile Manufacturing and Mass Customization applications.
AM2C calls the software suite ZIGGY™
With the emergence of the global market, manufacturers
are looking for ways to improve competitiveness. ZIGGY helps
manufacturers maintain competitive cost structures, improve their cash flow, reduce their inventory costs, provide greater
customer satisfaction, and develop competitive advantage.
FOR THE HIGH VOLUME
MANUFACTURER THAT NEEDS TO BUILD AGILITY INTO THEIR PRODUCTION
LINE, AM2C’ ZIGGY agent-based, Agile Distributed Controls support rapid
upgrades to either the process or the product, lowering capital costs, improving
time to market, and improving operating efficiency. Built on open standards,
implementation and support is readily available from multiple resources.
FOR THE MANUFACTURER
THAT NEEDS TO BUILD VERSATILITY AND FLEXIBILITY INTO THEIR
PRODUCTION LINE, AM2C’ ZIGGY, intelligent,
agent-based, distributed controls for factory automation
allowing production batch sizes as small as one, in-line,
with high-volume, mass production-like cost structures. The software provides
a structured PLATFORM guiding manufacturers to design and implement Lean Manufacturing,
realizing the Lean ideal of “Build to Order”.
The Software Platforms are integrated as building
blocks to implement the level of automation you need:
- Open-Architecture Distributed Control around the IEC 61499 Standard - HOLOCON!
- Agile Manufacturing Software Platform built upon the HOLOCON Controller - ZIGGY AGILE Controller!
- Mass Customization Software Platform built upon the ZIGGY AGILE Controller - ZIGGY Mass Customization!
The modular building block principles behind ZIGGY allows a manufacturer to
implement the technology one small step at a time, building confidence each
step of the
way.
For more information contact Jim Barlow at Western Reserve Controls - jimb@wrcakron.com,
330-733-6662
Each of these components are described in
more detail in the linked pdf documents below:
ZIGGY
LEAN overview
ZIGGY
LEAN Modular Process Units
ZIGGY
LEAN Modular Conveyance
ZIGGY
LEAN AGILE Controller
ZIGGY
LEAN Mass Customization Controller
ZIGGY
LEAN Process Station Controller
