Connected factory, zero rekeying! Utopia?
The idea of a connected factory where data re-entry is eliminated is not a utopia, but a reality in full swing as part of the industry of the future. This […]
INDUSTRY 5.0
Optimize shared labor in my plant? What’s in it for me?
Optimizing a plant’s shared workforce is a strategic approach that offers multiple advantages. Not only does it enable agile adaptation to variations in demand, it also helps control operating costs. […]
Skills management: the difficult balance between productivity and flexibility
Managing skills and maintaining versatility are essential for any organization seeking to remain competitive in an ever-changing economic environment. Indeed, the ability to assign staff according to their specific skills […]
5 keys to optimized planning in my plant
In the dynamic context of Industry 5.0, workforce planning is becoming a central pillar for companies seeking to optimize their efficiency and responsiveness. The ability to anticipate skills requirements, align […]
Optimization in steel product storage halls… A real challenge for more than one WMS tool!
Logistics is a key element in the competitiveness of steel companies, which have to manage large, complex flows of semi-finished and finished products. Storage halls are strategic locations where products […]
Why measure exposure to risk factors?
Exposure to risk factors in a plant can have harmful consequences for the health and safety of workers. It is therefore important to measure this exposure in order to identify […]
Supervision & production management: a trend towards convergence?
Today, supervision and production management are two closely related fields in the context of industry and manufacturing. Here are a few points to consider regarding this trend towards closer links […]
Why should I optimize shared labor in my plant?
Shared labor, or the use of temporary or external workers to meet production needs, is a common practice in the industrial sector. It enables us to cope with fluctuations in […]
Industry 5.0. Ready to put people back at the heart of production?
Industry 5.0, the name given to the fifth industrial revolution, aims to integrate humans more fully into production processes, thanks to digital technologies and artificial intelligence. Unlike Industry 4.0, which […]
Annualization of working hours: flexibility or a trap for the most competent?
The annualization of working hours is a time management model that aims to offer flexibility by allowing employees to work a certain number of hours over the course of a […]
Is industrial personnel planning strategic to the successful management of my plant?
Personnel planning involves determining a company’s manpower requirements, assessing available skills and resources, and implementing measures to cover any gaps between needs and resources. All this while promoting a high […]
PeopleForce, its history and its market position
Marc Mauroy, CTO of Synthetis, joined the team in 2004. He is now in charge of pre-sales and consulting. Since 2016, Marc has been in charge of research and […]
PeopleForce focuses on workplace learning management
PeopleForce, a staff planning management tool acclaimed by food manufacturers, now focuses on the management of training at the workplace The staff schedule, what is it about? Complex work schedules? […]
Resources adapted to each situation
As we already noted in our article on the Operator Cockpit, “The value of a well-thought-out operator cockpit,” structured information communicated to the right person at the right time is […]
The value of a well-designed operator cockpit
When you want to deploy production management tools, it is useful from the beginning of the project to consider how the processed information will be communicated to operators and shared […]
Project management, essential for the success of your industrial 4.0 projects!
Any project involving the implementation of IT solutions for industry, whatever its size and ambitions, requires strong business expertise, flexibility and controlled management of its progress. An IT project for […]
Workforce planning – At the heart of the performance of pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical plants!
Production staff planning is a central topic within plants and an important level of performance, especially in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and fine chemicals industries. This planning is in fact very […]
A staff scheduling solution for industry – a complementary tool to your favorite time management solution?
The time management solutions have a personnel planning offer. None of them has an offer focused on the industrial sector. Managing personnel in the industry – who will be assigned […]
Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Why invest in a WMS ? Today, the world steel industry is under great pressure to reduce costs. After having worked hard on the production tools, the […]
Fluxx Logistics Optimisation for the Steelmaking Industry
Discover the main features of the Fluxx software (WMS – TMS) developed by Synthetis.
Better management of production staff! … What does that mean?
Every time I meet a sales representative of a company specializing in the optimization of production staff schedules, they make me dream by telling me that I will be able […]
The 7 challenges of industrial workforce planning
NECESSARY CHALLENGE OR REAL OPPORTUNITY ? Between HRM (Human Resources Management) and Production Management, the allocation of staff on the production lines is a poor relation of the MES (Manufacturing […]
What is the purpose of a work time management software?
The question is not trivial because it is clear that there are several types of work time management software and that they do not all do the same job! So […]
Temporary labor management by an in-house interim agency
If your industrial activity requires the regular use of temporary workers, having an in-house interim agency can be a wise choice… Indeed, by his regular presence on the site, the […]
Transport Management System (TMS)
A control tower to supervise the logistics of a steelworks site, dream or reality? The transport of internal or external material on a steel site represents a significant number of […]
Transport Management System (TMS)
The 5 challenges of transport management on steel sites The transport of goods has always been an expensive part of the logistics supply chain. The steel industry is no exception […]
AGRANA, A LONG-TERM COLLABORATION!
For more than 40 years, Agrana Fruit France has been the market leader in the manufacture of fruit preparations for fresh dairy products. Agrana has been named “Supplier of the […]
Mathematics for production!
A case of real time optimization of batches. One of our customers, active in the food industry, asked us for a solution to optimize its batch production process in order […]
MES – The 11 key functions of an industrial digital transition
The MES or Manufacturing Execution System is not just another concept aimed at bringing together a few more or less standardised functionalities for industrial IT departments that are short of […]
Measure and communicate performance in real time
All production departments must optimize industrial performance on a daily basis. The continuous improvement process of the processes, the organization or the maintenance is based on the virtuous cycle “measure, […]
Manage competence and maintain versatility
A difficult balance between productivity and flexibility If there’s one topic that’s in vogue, it’s this one: skills management and versatility maintenance. Yet, although overused, this is a powerful potential […]
Industrial management control. How to get accurate informations ?
The missions of the Management Controller in an industrial environment generally consist of analysing production processes in order to optimise costs, drawing up control dashboards and ensuring the relevance of […]
How to deal with the seasonality of the activity?
Unfortunately, production is not a long quiet river. It is made of meanders, eddies and rapids! Once again, good management of the assignment of personnel to production positions makes it […]
Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) through equitable assignment
Musculoskeletal Disorders can cost a company a lot of money, either directly or indirectly through a constantly rising insurance premium. However, one of the factors contributing to MSDs is the […]