In 2012, CMP Advanced Mechanical Solutions, a leader in the design and manufacture of sheet metal enclosures, mechanical assemblies, and machined systems, burst onto the Industry 4.0 scene with its avant-garde use of the visual work instruction software VKS. This software allowed the company to create detailed digital guidebooks aimed at training and guiding shop floor operators.

Specializing in high-mix/low-volume assemblies, CMP had implemented the software in the hopes of reducing the amount of errors that were occurring during the manufacturing process. Within a year, the company noticed a sharp drop in the number of external defects, as well as a 20-percent increase in productivity. Now CMP is moving forward with its use of VKS and applying it to the crucial inspection process.

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