For the past six years Polaris Consulting, LLC has served onsite at the largest auto-manufacturing facility in the United State throughout various departments including: plant maintenance, production engineering, and information systems. The feeds below highlight some of our key projects by our Principal Consultant.

Parts Replenishment System (2004-08)

• Electronic Parts Call System for Internal Conveyance
• Served as IS SME & Technical Consultant
• Deployed upgrades in Assembly, Bodyweld, Stamping
• Configured/managed mobile hardware (200+ Devices)
• Eliminated database/Wireless issues w/ system
• Developed customized reports
• Provided Training/documentation for Admins

Electronic Specification System (2006-08)

• Electronic Spec Check System used in Assembly
• Served on regional development group
• Configured/Deployed system
• Developed/Integrated Airbag scan Input function
• Configured/managed mobile hardware

Report Management System (2003)

• Comprehensive reporting Interface/subscriptions
• Over 1500 users & 50,000 reports/month

Completed Rate of Vehicle (2005)

• Quality tracking system for pilot/sampling
• Slated for Regional Use/New Plants

Streamlined Inventory Modules (2004)

• Inventory Worksheets/Plasma Screens For Stamping
• Integrated Paging Module for low inventory

Andon Reporting Modules

• Remote Paint Andon (2005)
• Bodyweld Cimplicity/CMMS Integration (2002)

Maximo Reporting Strategy Lead (2007)

Floor Counters System (2006)

• Progressive line counters for Assembly Logistics
• Integration w/ AVI, PLC, & Internal eKanban
• Slated for Regional Use / New Plants

Andon Integration Modules

• Automatically generated Work Orders (2003)
  ActivPlant Prototype in Stamping
  Cimplicity Prototype in Bodyweld
   
• Assembly Parts Call (2007)
  Migrated Legacy PLC Push Buttons to PDA in Line 2
   
• Andon vs Cognos Overtime Comparison (2003)
  Tool for Comparing Overtime entry vs. actual overtime

Assembly Active RFID Pilot (2008)

• Real Time Location System (RTLS) testing