Exceptional quality and higher productivity at Haidlmair.
About Haidlmair
HAIDLMAIR is the leading manufacturer of injection molds for storage and logistics containers, beverage crates, recycling containers, pallets and pallet boxes. HAIDLMAIR specializes in medium to large injection moulds.
The challenges at the beginning.
More efficient logging of quality controls.
A HAIDLMAIR tool has always stood for exceptional quality and higher productivity for the customer, which is also achieved through the use of advanced technologies. Therefore, logging quality controls on paper checklists was not satisfactory: comprehensive and structured documentation is time-consuming when done on paper and manual digitization of quality data is necessary for analysis, which can be a source of error. In addition, merging data with photos, for example, is cumbersome and time-consuming.
Reduction in communication and administration costs.
The communication of recorded change or rework orders to the responsible processor was also unsatisfactory: analog information can easily get lost and, depending on the level of detail of the order, queries may be necessary – increasing the communication and administrative effort. The challenge for Testify was to provide digital support not only for quality control, but in particular for downstream processes such as the management of change orders, making them transparent and making them as easy and intuitive to use as possible: This was to ensure that the app could be used by different employees without a great deal of training.
How Testify was able to drive digitalization in the company.
Quality control via mobile WebApp.
HAIDLMAIR has been using Testify for quality control during production since the beginning of 2017. Employees have been equipped with smartphones for this purpose and can, for example, record change orders easily and digitally using predefined fields. Mandatory fields ensure that all relevant information is recorded. The simple addition of photos, which are taken directly with the smartphone’s integrated camera, is seen as making work much easier. Other fields such as priority and deadline support efficient processing.
Digital communication in real time.
Inspection reports or work orders can be forwarded to the person or group responsible in real time – they are notified directly in the app and optionally by email.
All reports and documentation remain digitally accessible and can also be exported as a PDF – e.g. to send to customers or suppliers.
Identify optimization potential with integrated business analytics.
Testify’s integrated reporting tool provides a quick overview of completed and pending tests and any defects identified at any time, for each period and product. This helps to identify optimization potential. As a result, not only the quality of the tools, but also the internal processes can be continuously improved, true to HAIDLMAIR’s own claim to guarantee the highest quality and productivity. In order to connect Testify to existing, leading systems, an interface to the ERP was set up as an extension so that orders and tools can be automatically loaded from it. Testify is prepared for this “ex works” with a programmable interface (API).
Digital, mobile quality control in production support.
With Testify, HAIDLMAIR’s production-related quality control for injection molds is now digital, mobile and simple: quality data is recorded in a structured manner on standard smartphones, and documentation and work orders are transmitted to colleagues in real time. One production employee reports: “I was particularly impressed by Testify’s ability to add photos directly on my smartphone.
The quality data is stored in a central database and is available for reports and analyses regardless of location and on the move. With its strengths, Testify makes a significant contribution to efficient quality management and a learning organization in order to meet HAIDLMAIR’s quality promise.
Outlook.
Haidlmair uses Testify for quality control during the production of injection molds. The test objects are automatically imported via an interface to the ERP system. The recorded quality data from the defect recording is managed digitally with Testify, which creates considerable added value.
HAIDLMAIR also prepares the use of Testify in the collection of continuous improvement suggestions from all employees (CIP). These are then sent to the responsible department in a structured manner using a dedicated entry mask and can be processed and evaluated in a clear manner. There are also plans to use Testify in other areas of the company, such as delivery.
I was particularly impressed by Testify’s ability to add photos directly on the smartphone.
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