Georg Schappes (right), the project manager in charge at ebm-papst in Mulfingen, and Patrick Reinwald (left), IT expert at ebm-papst, is thoroughly convinced of the benefits of the software and process optimization project.

ebm-papst, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of fans, has implemented the SIPLACE Facts manufacturing execution system (MES) from Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems GmbH (SEAS) at its plant in Mulfingen, Germany. Georg Schappes, the project manager in charge at ebm-papst in Mulfingen, is very satisfied with the project’s progress: "With our consistently paperless production scheduling and control system, our XML notifications of material deliveries, our optimized quality inspection in receiving, our elimination of manual inventories, the consistent implementation of the FIFO (first in/first out) principle in component storage and the automatic recording of all material usage data required for full traceability, SIPLACE Facts delivers significant cost and competitive advantages for us."