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Customer Information
Introduction
Company
GE Aerospace
Industry
Manufacturing & Digital Plant, Aerospace & Defense
Products
Cloud MES, Proficy Historian for Cloud, Proficy Plant Applications, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software
GE Aerospace in Cheltenham, UK manufactures power management systems for 777 aircrafts. These power management systems control everything from the heated cockpit seats to entertainment systems and navigation lights.
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Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) from GE Digital in Action
Video credit: GE Vernova
Challenges
Combatting siloed manufacturing
GE Aerospace was operating six different manufacturing cells in silos, making it very difficult to track where a particular unit or units are. This caused variation across its manufacturing sites. The company also had a very paper heavy factory floor, making build instructions and drawings hard to manage.
GE Aerospace was operating six different manufacturing cells in silos, making it very difficult to track where a particular unit or units are. This caused variation across its manufacturing sites. The company also had a very paper heavy factory floor, making build instructions and drawings hard to manage.
Solutions
Manufacturing software for Aviation in action
Results
Better control of factory floor operations
By leveraging GE Vernova’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), GE Aerospace is able to accurately lay out its manufacturing processes and have better control over what’s happening on the shop floor. The company has also automated many of its manual processes, including directly delivering operator instructions in real-time.
By leveraging GE Vernova’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), GE Aerospace is able to accurately lay out its manufacturing processes and have better control over what’s happening on the shop floor. The company has also automated many of its manual processes, including directly delivering operator instructions in real-time.