Digital Labeling
Paperless Shopfloor
At Siemens Healthineers in Erlangen, the material supply process was completely digitized — with ekko ePaper, LED management and automatic order marriage. The result: faster material search, paperless process and significant simplification of work.
1 Starting position
At the material station in Erlangen, production material has so far been provided and searched for analogously. Especially with changing staff — such as temporary workers — a lack of transparency and manual searches regularly led to delays and errors. The aim was a digital, intuitive and error-free material flow.
2 Approach
Following a process survey on site, a digital concept with ePaper and LED function was developed. The system was seamlessly integrated into existing processes: from the first scan to order linking to visual material management via LED. The project was introduced step by step and refined together with users.
3 Implementation & Outcome
Material is fitted with ePaper labels at the material station. Two scans connect the job to the label. If the material is needed later, a scan of the order number is sufficient — and all relevant ePapers light up. Employees find the material immediately, without any paper or a long search.
Search times reduced by up to 60%
Completely paperless process
Significant relief for employees
Higher process reliability for loan and auxiliary workers
Very high user satisfaction
4 follow-up projects have already started at other locations
Personal customer feedback
With ekko, we were able to transform a manually defined process into a consistent digital solution — intuitive, efficient and immediately effective.
