TAL17 - Jiří Lacina, BOS

1. BOS
Production meets IT
IT CC Production / Digitalisation (IT-PD)

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Content
• Introduction of BOS company
• Customer and initial business requirements
• Roof system … new product
• Project organisation
• New team IT-PD department
• System architecture
• PRODNET
• Standards for data collection
• JIS mode production
• JIS strategy with sequencing within production has been changed
• SAP interface
• BATCH mode production
• Q-Gate process with sequencing in IL
• Challenges and experiences
• Future & next steps

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The BOS Group – a global automotive supplier …

4. IT Competence Center Production / Digitalisation I 12. März 2018
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International Group - family held
Founded in 1910
Grown by innovation and internationalization
Leading manufacturer of kinematics, mechatronics and plastics systems for European,
American and Asian carmakers
In 2017: 850m Euro sales I over 7.000 employees I 20 locations in 12 countries on 3 continents
Consequent “Best Cost Country“ strategy with global BOS production system and localization
of components
Customer and vehicle specific product solutions from standardized component kits
Product development in close cooperation with customers world-wide on site
The BOS Group - Global Technology and Cost Leadership

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Luggage Cover Systems
Arm Rests I Upholstery Parts
Door Handle Systems
Sun Protection Systems
Cargo Management
Carrier Systems
Panoramic Roof Systems
Safety Restraining Nets
Plastic in the Engine
Compartment
Mechatronics
The BOS Group -
Innovative kinematics I mechatronics I plastics systems
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The BOS Group defines the state of the art in various product fields of the vehicle.

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The BOS Group -
Customers
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Dräxlmaier
DRAC
DS
Evobus
Faurecia
FAW-VW / Audi
Fiat
Ford
GAC
GAC-FCA
Geely
GM
Great Wall
Grupo Antolin
Hayashi Telempu
Holden
Honda
Howa Textile
Hyundai
Aisin
Alfa Romeo
Audi
Autoneum
Avtovaz I Lada
BBA
BBAC
Bentley
BMW
Borgers
CAF
Changan
Chery
Chevrolet
Chongqin Changpeng
Chrysler
Citroën
CJLR
Dacia
Daimler
IAC
Inalfa RS
Infiniti
Inteva
JAC
Jaguar
JCI
John Deere
Kasai
Kia
Lancia
Land Rover
Lear
Lexus
Lifan
Lynk&Co.
Magna
MAN
Maruti-Suzuki
Maserati
Mazda
Mini
Neoplan
Nissan
Opel
Peugeot
Plastic Omnium
Plexicor
Porsche
Qoros
Renault
Renault Samsung
Renault Trucks
Rolls Royce
Seat
SAIC GM
SAIC VW
Skoda
Smart
SMP
SsangYong
Subaru
Tesla
Toyota
Toyota Boshoku
TS Tech
Vauxhall
Visteon
Volkswagen
Volvo
Webasto Donghee
Webasto
Yachiyo
Yanfeng Visteon

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Roof Systems -> The very first Contact
SAP (BOS MOS  BOS WW)
???
- Production sequence
- Roof type (F-01; F-02)
- Customer color
- BOS endproduct number
- Laufende Nummer (i.O Teile)
- BMW partnumber
- JIS Sequence number
- Order Number
- Part family
- Vehicle identification number
- Teile Lebenslauf LL 99
- Reorder process !!! (Prio1)
Line
PL
C
PL
C
PL
C
PL
C
PL
C
PL
C
Master PLC
EOL
SQL
- Booking scrap
- Booking finished part with BOS
unique number and serial number
- Check of sequence
- Label Printing 1:
1.Dachtyp (F-01; F-02; F-10)
2.Teile Lebenslauf LL 99
3.Produktionsdatum und Uhrzeit
4.Seriennummer
(Laufendenummer der
Produktion)
5.Webastonummer inkl.
Änderungsindex 1724902G
6.Farbbezeichnung
7.Barcode:Typ DATA Matrix
8.Barcode Typ 2 of 5 (ITF)
- Label Printing 2:
- IFF Portal - EDI JIS Call off - Delivery (ASN) via EDI
EDI (BMW  BOS MOS)
*.CSV Import from SQL

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Roof Systems -> New Product Field –> New Challenges
 Until now
– Production in area of interior components
– Mainly batch production
– Production was mainly manual hand work
– Paper based
 From now on
– Roof systems in area of exterior
– Safety critical production
– JIS as new process methodology (Production, logistic, …)
– Process Automation
– Data Traceability (Machine, Process, Quality)
– Data Visualisation (Reports, Andon, …)

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Conclusion – IT Requirements and Aims
 System
– Customizable
– Modular / Scalable
– High availability
– Certified SAP Connector
– Setups must be reusable
– System supplier must have high experience - Cooperation at eye level
– System supplier must be able to grant world wide support
 Process Control
– JIS (Sequencing)
– Q-Gate
– Rework
– Validation / Checks

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Conclusion - IT Requirements and Aims
 Data Traceability and Visualisation
– Pre-Assembly and main production line
– Standards for processes and reports
– Automated processes (with possibilities for manual interaction)
 Global IT Team
– Requirements and specifications
– Implementation
– Support

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New IT Team -> CC Production / Digitalization
 Targets
– Global team
• Think global – act local
– Core team which is BOS IT
• Main contact for any questions / tasks regarding “Basic IT Infrastructure” and MES
• Worldwide implementation of system
– Standardization of relevant core processes
• Concentration of process knowledge
• Support for existing processes

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- Controlled and secured
communication between
office and production
network
- Controlled and secured
remote access to
production machines for
suppliers and service
partners
Basic IT Infrastructure
- Standardized system
- Data traceability
- Support of BOS standard
processes
- JIS production
- Batch production
- SAP gateway
Intelligence Layer /
Roof Production
Fields of Activity
Digitalization of BOS
Production
- Information/data exchange
between any systems
- Harmonizing the
„systemlandscape“ for
production systems
- Inter disciplinair projects

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PRODNET – Production Network
 PRODNET
• Secured IT infrastructure
 Remote access for suppliers
• Secured remote connection
for service partners to their
machines

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BOS data collection and SAP standards
 BOS OPC data collection guideline
• Flag system
• Production start
• Finished production
• Process data collection
• Bidirectional communication
• Service message
 SAP interface standards
• JIS demands
• BATCH demands
• Start Of Production
• End Of Production

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JIS model – original concept
 SAP interface
• JIS orders
• Status synchronization
 Production
• JIS queue for production
• Start Of Production
• End Of Production
JIS ORDERS
JIS STATUS

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JIS model – current process
 SAP interface
• JIS orders
• Status synchronization
 Production
• BATCH queue for production
• End Of Production
 Q-Gate
• Quality inspection via DCIx
• JIS – Packaging
• Packaging via DCIx
• Secured packaging
• Secured data traceability

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BATCH process
 SAP interface
• One direction communication
• Backflush via HU-label
 Production
• One direction communication
• BATCH demands via DCIx report
• Start Of Production
• End Of Production
 Q-Gate
• Quality inspection via DCIx
• Quality traceability
• Box content check

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Challenges
 Merging global and local targets
 New process -> Change of thinking
 Different level of knowledge and experience
• Communication - Especially in international context
• Easy to understand – difficult to manage
• Understanding of different requirements - Interdisciplinary project
• Customer
• Suppliers
• BOS
• Departments
• Global Specifications and documentation
• Change management
• Count of needed PLCs
• Processes

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Foresight
 Ongoing standardisation of processes
 Reports will be same in all BOS sites
 Customers are more and more demanding the use of systems and processes to control and
monitor production
 The benefit is recognized
• First request to support other production processes

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BOS Roof Systems: Launches on three continents
2017 2018 2019 2020
HU-MOS
November
MX-IRA
April
CN-SHE
August
HU-MOS
September
HU-MOS
November
MX-IRA
August
HU-MOS
July
HU-MOS
July
HU-MOS
March
MX-IRA
August
CN-SHE
May
CN-TAI
March.
CN-TAI
April
HU-MOS
June

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Thank you for your attention.
BOS GmbH & Co. KG
International Headquarters Stuttgart
Ernst-Heinkel-Straße 2
73760 Ostfildern
Tel. +49-(0)711-9360-0
Fax +49-(0)711-9360-1150
www.bos.de
info@bos.de