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Our team of highly experienced senior leaders and logisticians help clients to develop and optimise their supply chains. The key offerings of the team are development of a supply chain strategy to support your business plan, specification of on-site logistics operations, equipment selection, procurement and installation, to suit a variety of manufacturing operations and supply chains across various industries.

KEY SERVICES

Material Flow Strategies (kit selection, internal logistics route planning)

Supply Chain Engineering (packaging, supplier engagement, supplier assessment)

Warehousing (spatial planning, solution modelling)

KEY PROJECTS

CASE STUDIES

Assessing Warehouse Requirements Through Manufacturing Simulation to Support Strategic Decision-Making

The HSSMI team used advanced manufacturing simulation tools to model the warehouse area in order to assess requirements for new equipment and facilities, configure and optimise part flows, assess warehouse requirements, and plan for the effects these changes will have across the plant, in areas such as logistics.

Future Market Study for JW Froehlich UK Ltd

JW Froehlich UK Ltd have supported the automotive industry throughout their 40 years, producing leak tests, engine hot and cold tests and other machine technologies. JW Froehlich UK Ltd have constantly evolved their offering and are now looking to maximise the opportunity of being at the centre of change following automotive powertrain electrification.

Industrial Ergonomic and Assembly Analysis with Optimisation for CNH Industrial

CNH Industrial hoped to create a template for the enhanced, sustainable deployment of advanced lean techniques within a ‘New Assembly Line Standard’. Specific assistance was sought from HSSMI within Automation, Process Planning and Ergonomics such that these could be utilised as a standard for future CNH Industrial assembly line installations.

Giving a Second Life to Decommissioned Factory Equipment

HSSMI conducted an assessment of the equipment to establish whether or not it would be fit for reuse and could potentially be transported to Turkey where it could be used in building a new manufacturing capability.

Developing a Logistics Planning Strategy to Secure Equipment Necessary for Britishvolt’s Gigafactory

HSSMI has led and subsequently supported the logistics planning activity from its initial conception back in 2020 through to today – from developing a blueprint strategy to refining it and engaging with vendors to find the most suitable ones.

Supporting Tevva in Launching the UK’s First Electric Truck

HSSMI supported the development of a manufacturing strategy for Tevva which rested on four principles – cost, quality, environment and flexibility. This assisted Tevva in the launch of the UK’s first electric truck.

SME Productivity Improvement for Instant Spaces

Instant Spaces was looking to mass produce structural and insulated building panels, upscaling the batch operation they currently perform at their London site. HSSMI delivered an on-site process mapping exercise detailing the current state followed by the development of a future state process map.

Repurposing Strategy for the Transition from Internal Combustion Engines to Electric Powertrains

HSSMI has been helping Ford Motor Company assess its ability to repurpose the facilities, that until now have been used for the production of internal combustion engines, for the manufacture of electric powertrains. This work resulted in a comparative analysis between ICE and E- Motor component manufacturing processes.

Driving Packaging Improvements and Cost Savings at a UK Automotive OEM

HSSMI helped an automotive OEM to obtain full packaging control, increase packaging quality, prove supply chain savings and reduce environmental impact. HSSMI’s expertise guided the OEM to completely reassess their suppliers’ packaging and integrate new packaging solutions.

Manufacturing Layout Assessment and Optimisation for New Product Introduction

HSSMI supported LEVC in the introduction of the new VN5 vehicle. The HSSMI team used its expertise in productivity improvement and scale-up, to support the introduction of the new product. The focus was on the critical workstations that would have themost impact.

INSIGHTS

Industry 4.0 Held to Ransom – The Destructive Combination of IoT and Ransomware

IoT devices do not hold much data themselves for them to be worthwhile paying a ransom to unlock, but they do have access to real world systems; be that locks on the door or assets on the production line. This has a potential to do far more damage than just locking some data.

Bringing Colleges, Students and Manufacturers Together to Meet Demand for Digital and Green Skills

The EKC Group will be establishing Learning Factories with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies. These Factories are anticipated to provide a real change in learning, helping college students and employers develop decarbonisation skills and model future practices.

Repurposing Vehicle Manufacturing Equipment in the Transition to Electrification

HSSMI has been working with automotive manufacturers to help them transition to electric vehicle manufacture. In this video, we outline how manufacturers can efficiently transition, taking into account cost, time and space requirements.

New Initiative Unlocks Opportunities for European Companies to Shape a New Wave of Sustainable Economic Growth

The STAGE project will support businesses in transitioning to a low-carbon and resource-efficient circular economy, implement new business models, and advance industrial technologies and innovation to meet the requirements of the new industrial revolution.

Update from Perseus: Improving Manufacturing Line Flexibility in Anticipation of Automotive Electrification

HSSMI has been supporting Jaguar Land Rover in the Perseus project to explore how electric drive units (EDUs) could be produced alongside petrol and diesely engines, maximising the use of existing machinery for EDU production.

Gamification: The Future of Manufacturing

Gamification isn’t a technology it is a mindset, that’s why one of the key points about gamification is understanding what the psychological and social motivations of human beings are and how game mechanics can help when it comes to satisfy them.

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