Brady

From paper work orders to a digital shop floor at Brady

How Brady’s label production in Zele replaced paper work orders with live scheduling, real-time WIP visibility and digital quality checks, linked to SAP.

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Brady label production on the shop floor

Goal

Label production is a puzzle of
short runs, long runs and setups.

How do you keep up with changing customer demand, complex printing processes and a shop floor that changes every day?

What Brady wanted

The goal: stop planning by hand around short delivery dates and machine setups, and take paper off the shop floor. At its EMEA headquarters in Zele, Belgium, Brady did both with 24Flow.

About Brady

Brady Corporation is a global manufacturer of identification solutions, safety products and workplace compliance systems: labels, signs, safety devices, printing systems and software. It serves industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, electronics and aerospace. Brady’s EMEA headquarters in Zele, Belgium, is also home to important production facilities.

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Challenges

Short runs, many setups
and a plan on paper.

Before 24Flow, Brady’s planners and operators dealt with five problems:

01

High variability

Short-notice delivery dates and a mix of small and large orders made scheduling slow.

02

Manual reporting

Reporting and archiving on paper cost time and storage space.

03

Complex printing

Machine-specific constraints and setups made every plan harder.

04

Constant change

Demand shifted all the time, and every technical variable meant more manual planning.

05

Paper everywhere

Work orders, forms and artwork on paper slowed down visibility and improvement.

Solution

Paper out.
Live scheduling in.

Scheduling and shop floor management

Brady chose 24Flow because it handles complex production and is configured, not custom-coded.

Built on Salesforce

Brady’s teams already knew Salesforce, so they took to the screens quickly and find the shop floor data they need without searching.

SAP integration

Orders are allocated to machines automatically, based on priorities, constraints and setup times.

Real-time dashboards

Capacity bottlenecks and live order status show on the planning board, so the schedule stays accurate when things change.

Traceability from work preparation to packing

Rolled out across work preparation, printing, quality control and packing, with all production data captured the same way.

Quality checks in the flow

Digital control forms at the right step enforce quality standards throughout production.

Impact

From paper to real time,
in sync with SAP.

Time saved

Scheduling is faster and stays in sync with SAP.

WIP in view

Real-time capacity insight means fewer bottlenecks.

Paper gone

Progress updates in real time, so every order is traceable.

Stronger quality culture

Digital checks at each step improve compliance and consistency.

In their own words

“24Flow connects and visualizes all our production data in real time. That allows us to plan better and respond much faster to our customers’ needs.”

Stijn Michels, Manufacturing Manager, Brady

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