In the Possehl Digital – Expert Webinar, together with Hako and Possehl Digital, we show very specifically how a manufacturing company is digitizing its store floor without a corporate budget and without a mammoth IT project. The focus is on a question that we hear in many conversations: How do you go from paperwork, Excel and isolated solutions to a digital factory that helps to produce better every day?
Christoph Haß from Possehl Digital, Joachim Blache as Managing Director of Hako and our CRO Florian Rühl will be there. Together, we take the participants on a real project instead of just talking about digitization strategies.
What the webinar is about from our point of view
Without anticipating all the details, here are the topics that we will explore together in the webinar.
1. the initial situation on the Hako store floor
At the beginning, Hako describes very openly what everyday life was like before the project. We encounter much of this again and again in the industrial SME sector:
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Several plants with different requirements
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Media discontinuities between SAP, other systems, Excel files and paper
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Work preparation with printed lists that are already out of date when they are distributed
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No uniform, up-to-date data basis for operational and strategic decisions
The vision we pursued together: a digital factory with paperless assembly, clear key figures in real time and workstations where the relevant information is available at a glance.
2. why Hako chose our low-code platform
Possehl Digital and Hako explain in the webinar what requirements were placed on a platform. We describe how we cover these points:
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Integration into SAP and other existing systems
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bidirectional processes, i.e. not only visualization, but also feedback into the systems
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Interfaces that are configured instead of elaborately programmed
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an operating model that a medium-sized team can manage with limited resources
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a cost framework that can be clearly argued in a management meeting
In the recording, we show in detail how these criteria came together in the project, which architecture was chosen and what the first steps looked like.
3. three levels for transparency on the store floor
In the next step, we will show how Hako has structured the store floor together with us. In the webinar, we will go into these three levels in detail:
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Workplace
Orders, drawings, checklists and feedback all come together on one end device. The worker works with current data instead of yesterday’s paper statuses. -
Teamboard
Lines and areas can see daily targets, output, quality and other key figures at a glance. Key figures are transformed from abstract reporting to a common reference point within the team. -
Werkboard
Plant management and management receive an overview of all lines and areas and quickly recognize where things are running smoothly and where action needs to be taken.
The screens and examples shown illustrate the impact and make it clear how the platform changes the flow of information and collaboration.
4. how we strategically classify the project
Florian Rühl then places the project in the wider context that we are currently seeing almost everywhere in the industrial SME sector:
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Rising IT costs combined with scarce resources
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Historically grown system landscapes that are to be modernized and not completely replaced
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High pressure to digitize faster without losing governance and sovereignty
We show how our low-code platform is used to address precisely this issue:
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Make better use of existing ERP and IT investments
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Orchestrating processes end to end
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Involving specialist departments in digitization in a controlled manner
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Reduce dependence on scarce specialty developers
We will discuss specific effects on development costs and operations, benchmarks from projects and experiences from other Possehl companies in more detail in the webinar.
Why it’s worth a look
For anyone with responsibility for production, IT or digital transformation in an industrial environment, this webinar offers a practical reference for how low code and a modern platform strategy can turn paper logic into real transparency.
If you’ve nodded more than once while reading this blog, that’s a pretty good sign: we’re talking about similar challenges. Feel free to write to us and we will bring structure to your digitalization.
If you want to go deeper now:
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watches the complete recording and gets a direct insight into the digital store floor at Hako
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downloads the presentation
- book an appointment right away for a non-binding exchange
