Evidence has been mounting for some time now that manufacturers in the metalworking industry are on the verge of a structural transformation. Driving forces behind this transformation include demographic change, technological change and dynamic competition – as well as the associated shortage of skilled labor. Against this backdrop, a growing number of companies are finding themselves forced to design their production more efficiently, digitalize their systems and automate their procurement and manufacturing processes.
Booster for manufacturing
At SFS and Hoffmann, a company of the SFS Group, everything we do revolves around our customers and the solutions we offer them. For example, we want to identify unexploited opportunities and reduce complexity in both manufacturing and procurement. The list of day-to-day challenges is lengthy: Minimize long search and setup times, optimize machine capacity utilization, ensure end-to-end documentation with very little time loss, increase output through longer machine running times, minimize manual processes and reduce the susceptibility to error at the same time. Hoffmann creates added value for customers with its solutions in areas such as automation, goods issuing systems, digital tool management, Bluetooth tools and vibratory finishing machines.
“The market is changing and presenting companies with new challenges,” says Borries Schüler, Head of Production Management and Engineering at Hoffmann. “To help our customers tackle the challenges facing them, we already invested in the development of digital products and automated loading systems several years ago and offer a central point of contact for any matters related to the future of machining.”
