ZOLLER | MAGAZINE 2018 EDITION

Achieving Goals, Step by Step To quickly benefit from tool management, the company needed to differentiate required project modules from de- sirable modules, then address them one by one. “If we had tried to start off at our current level of detail, we might have been overwhelmed by the many different options ZOLLER-TMS offers,” Pfleiderer says, explaining why they chose a step-by step approach to introducing the new system. Getting employees on board with the changes early in the process was also helpful. This allowed them to inform everyone involved of the project’s benefits right from the start, and handle any reservations before changes were made. Especially when handling ongoing tool data entry, the company needed to foster an awareness that it was looking for good work processes that would ultimately benefit everyone. Pfleiderer notes that one key factor in the smooth switch over was how easy ZOLLER products are to use: “The ZOLLER product user interface is very easy to understand and is always the same, no matter whether it’s on a measurement device or on the PC. That helped shorten our training time.” 1. Milestone: Transparency, not Storage Confusion Careful data import for component designations, complete tools, and set-up sheets via Excel tables, and manually linking storage locations, quickly paid off, says Pfleiderer: “Thanks to the central ZOLLER z.One tool data- base, we have a transparent tool inventory with no more confusion about where tools are stored. Finally, everyone can access the knowledge of the whole staff without having to search for tools – that saves time. Everyone immediately saw the advantage of the central database.” “Everyone Immediately Saw the Advantage of the Central Database.” Peter Pfleiderer, Project Manager of Tool Management at H.P. Kaysser COVER STORY 30 Z.magazine 2018