SMB: Forecasting with batch size 1
The name SMB stands for “Special-Purpose Machine Building with a System,” and the company lives up to this name not least through its new modular system. SMB’s business is material handling, ranging from highly complex automated warehousing, palletizing, and conveyor systems to filling lines. SMB impressively demonstrates how even a medium-sized specialty equipment manufacturer can implement modular thinking in development, thereby significantly increasing the use of common parts and reducing design times. Modeling and visually presenting variations in Cquenz is particularly important for the team at SMB. This not only creates a foundation for communicating and discussing the structure and variations throughout the company but also highlights opportunities for optimization. Thanks to Cquenz’s innovative probabilistic simulation method, even companies with small batch sizes can arrive at meaningful production volume forecasts. The first orders under the new system prove them right: The systems are a success across the board!
