Driving Solar Manufacturing Excellence
Discover how Soltech uses 24Flow to connect people, processes, and quality in real time, creating a digital foundation that powers continuous improvement and ISO 9001-certified excellence.
How do you bring structure, traceability, and insight to one of Europe’s most advanced solar panel production facilities?
A vision for the future!
Soltech has chosen 24Flow’s shopfloor operations platform with a vision to turn challenges into opportunities. This was no ordinary upgrade, it was a commitment to rethinking how production worked.
For Soltech’s management, the transformation wasn’t just about introducing a new tool, it was about changing how the organization operated and how teams collaborated on the shopfloor.
About Soltech
Founded in 1989 as a spin-off from imec, Soltech SA is a Belgian leader in photovoltaic innovation.
From its advanced, energy-neutral production site in Genk, Soltech designs and manufactures solar technologies for applications such as Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics (VIPV), and Infrastructure Integrated Photovoltaics (IIPV).
With over three decades of experience, Soltech continues to shape the future of solar energy through innovation, quality, and sustainability.
Challenges
Soltech’s production environment is characterized by high variability and continuous innovation, which required a robust digital foundation to maintain efficiency and control.
Limited Visibility
Fragmented systems and manual data capture made it difficult to monitor production status in real time.
Complex work preparation
Custom project requirements required structured routing and sequencing to avoid rework.
Quality tracking gaps
Manual processes limited traceability across materials, subassemblies, and final products.
Cost transparency
Limited data made it difficult to analyze project profitability accurately.
Change management
The organization needed a unified vision and engagement from both management and operators to drive transformation.
Solutions
- Tailored digital workflows – Each product route was mapped and digitized, ensuring subassemblies are prepared on time and in the correct quantity for smooth production.
Real-time tracking – Each solar panel receives a unique serial number scanned at every production stage, providing full traceability and precise time tracking.
Integrated quality control – Products that fail inspection automatically enter a structured rework flow, minimizing waste and ensuring accountability.
Actionable insights – Managers and team leads monitor performance through live dashboards, enabling faster decision-making and process improvements.
Impact
- ISO 9001 certification – Achieved as a testament to renewed operational excellence and quality commitment.
- Enhanced visibility – Real-time insights from the shop floor to management dashboards.
- Improved traceability – Complete tracking from raw material to finished panel.
- Empowered workforce – Operators and supervisors share a unified digital environment for planning, execution, and quality control.
A Blueprint for the Future
Soltech’s transformation highlights what’s possible when technology and teamwork come together.
With 24Flow as its digital backbone, Soltech continues to build a future where production excellence, sustainability, and innovation reinforce each other.
Connect people, processes, and quality in one digital flow.
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ABOUT US
24Flow is a modular manufacturing platform that empowers make-to-order manufacturers to reduce lead times and increase visibility & traceability. Inspired by lean and QRM, 24Flow controls the flow of production orders which increases visibility and results in shorter lead times, improved delivery reliability and a reduction of work-in-progress and inventory.
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