Altachem

How Altachem, a Factory of the Future, digitized production with 24Flow

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Altachem team receiving Agoria's Factory of the Future award

Goal

Keep production moving.
Whatever SAP does next.

What Altachem wanted

Altachem is Belgium’s leader in valves and application tools for pressurized PU foam. The goal: real-time visibility on the shop floor, and production that does not wait for the next SAP project. Altachem put 24Flow between SAP and the shop floor to get there.

About Altachem

Altachem is part of the Lindal Group and is based in Harelbeke, Belgium. It develops and produces valves, application tools and accessories for one-component PU foam, adhesives and sealants. Altachem has a team of 30 professionals and a turnover exceeding €25 million.

In 2023, Altachem won Agoria’s Factory of the Future award for its work on digitalization, efficiency and sustainable manufacturing.

Challenges

Tied to SAP.
Running on paper.

Altachem needed real-time visibility and room to change on the shop floor, without disrupting production that was already running.

01

ERP dependency

Production workflows were tied tightly to SAP, so every upgrade was complex and risky.

02

Slow to change

Every process change or digital improvement meant a long IT cycle.

03

Paper and Excel

Operators and logistics teams worked from printed instructions and Excel lists.

04

No live view

Management needed to see order progress, materials and logistics as they happened.

05

Room to grow

Altachem wanted a secure platform it could configure and scale itself as the company grows.

Solution

24Flow between SAP
and the shop floor.

Production kept running during the ERP upgrade

24Flow kept data in sync and production visible while SAP was updated.

Inbound and outbound logistics

24Flow manages the goods flow and directs automated guided vehicles (AGVs), so material moves with less manual coordination.

Digital work instructions

Altachem digitizes step by step, starting with configurable mobile apps that guide operators.

Paperless execution

Operators get their updates on screen instead of on paper, and the data they record is more accurate.

Configure, no custom code

On Salesforce’s low-code platform, Altachem configures, extends and adapts its apps itself.

Calm collaboration

With priorities and work in progress visible to all, departments react faster to rush orders and solve issues calmly.

Impact

Through the SAP upgrade
without stopping.

What changed at Altachem:

Zero downtime during the SAP ERP upgrade at Altachem

“At every station, work is visible and instructions are clear, digital, transparent, real time.”
Wouter Van haute · Operations Manager, Altachem

Real-time visibility

Production and logistics are visible as they happen.

Clear instructions at every station

Operators work from clear digital tools, with more autonomy and fewer errors.

Step by step

New apps go live one at a time: a rapid rollout of new modules with measurable ROI.

Factory of the Future

Altachem won Agoria’s Factory of the Future award in 2023.

In their own words

“Thanks to the operations platform of 24Flow, our production process kept running smoothly during the upgrade process of our SAP ERP system.
24Flow enables us to digitally and transparently support and follow up on processes on the shop floor.”

Wouter Van haute, Operations Manager, Altachem

“24Flow is one of Altachem’s key technology partners, and we are extremely proud that these efforts have been recognized by Agoria’s Factory of the Future award.”

Wouter Van haute, Operations Manager, Altachem

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