Panasonic Industrial IOT Solutions Group, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, has moved to a new facility that includes an extensive production line testing area, allowing Panasonic to design, engineer, and test solution enhancements for manufacturers without disrupting current production lines.
Based in Rochester, NY, the new facility allows for testing and development of a wide variety of signaling and tracking systems in simulated real-world scenarios. With a focus on performance and quality, Panasonic’s engineering team works directly with manufacturing production teams to identify, test and model solutions endeavoring to improve overall equipment effectiveness and optimize material flow.
The new facility allows the Panasonic software, quality, and application engineering teams to work together in one cohesive environment to develop solutions with improved efficiency.
Panasonic’s Logiscend system is built on a platform which focuses on manufacturing’s core components (picking, replenishment, asset tracking, and work instructions). The open floorplan and ease of collaboration in the new facility allows for more efficient modification and implementation of these core components, combining technical and engineering systems that can be assessed offline to minimize disruption for the benefit of customers’ production processes.
Panasonic’s Logiscend system has a proven track record of success. By leveraging offline planning and testing, a large automotive Tier 1 supplier was able to transform its parts replenishment process with minimal disruption and facilitated easy inline implementation. Shifting from an outdated paper-based Kanban system to Panasonic’s Logiscend system, created real-time electronic communication through e-paper visual tags for parts requests, which significantly enhanced efficiency and reduced overall costs.