- Situation: A Big 3 automotive manufacturer operates body shops, general assembly plants, conveyor systems, paint lines, and metal forming facilities throughout the world for the production of vehicles. Software and hardware/mechanical components used in the North American facilities were standardized under the terms of a North American Common Component List. Manufacturing operations outside North America utilized disparate software platforms and hardware/mechanical components, with custom applications in place in various plants throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.
- The Requirement: Global standardization for software and hardware/mechanical components.
- The Role of Brock Solutions' Panel Shop:: Serving as a Global Common Components List partner responsible for handling overflow panel build work and highly customized work.
- The Panels: 35 different types. Volumes to date in excess of 5500 panels. Recent builds - J Box Control panels, Robot Interface Control panels, Skid Control panels, Conveyor Control panels, E-Stop panels, Turntable Control panels.
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