Manufacturing Software & Services

Digital Twin via 3D scanning and indoor viewer

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Virtual Twin is Virtual Manufacturing’s own version of the Digital Twin. The technology behind digital twins has the potential to revolutionize industries. By using this technology, companies can make their investments more profitable, optimize resource usage, and prevent costly production downtimes. It also helps improve the utilization of the facility.

A digital twin is an exact representation of a product, resource, or process in production. Data from the physical entity is sent to its digital twin, where it is transformed into useful insights. This allows companies to simulate, evaluate, and improve performance in real-time, offering significant advantages, especially during an ongoing process.

With simple and quick 3D scanning and visualization software, we make the first step toward creating a digital twin. Your 3D scan can be made available to everyone directly in the browser, with PoI tags integrated as needed. The unique combination of images and point clouds makes your digital twin incredibly realistic.

We offer a web-based application that displays realistic digital twins with 360° panoramic images, point clouds, and maps generated by 3D scanning. Users can navigate the digital twin as if they are on-site, using interactive features to add, search for routes to PoI-tagged information, or take precise measurements.

The information added to “Point of Interest” is only limited by imagination. This can include inventory lists, service manuals, ongoing Kaizen events, evacuation plans, work instructions, and more. We create a virtual overview of the entire facility. Additionally, flows can be visualized and guide visitors on a virtual tour of the factory.

Optimize Your Frontline Operations with Tulip Interfaces

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Tulip Interfaces is the leading solution for seamless connectivity and innovation. Explore our revolutionary platform that redefines Frontline Operations through connected apps. Visualize your production floor in constant motion, harmonized by Tulip’s cloud-based technology.

Our focus is on providing seamless Frontline Operations, where composability and edge connectivity enable smooth processes. The result? A elevation in work quality, efficiency, and traceability from start to finish across the entire operational spectrum.

Tulip assists companies, regardless of size or industry, in overcoming operational challenges.

From complex manufacturing setups to the precision-demanding fields of pharmaceuticals and medical technology, Tulip is your cornerstone for making processes flawless, increasing productivity, and continually improving operations.

Our tailored solutions become your secret weapon to customize Frontline Operations to unique needs. With Tulip Interfaces, you unlock possibilities and create a seamlessly connected ecosystem where precision and efficiency reign.

With Tulip, real-time data becomes your compass to capture and analyze data throughout operations.

Navigate through complex tasks with precision, reduce errors, and ensure flawless execution in your Frontline Operations. Our interface provides insights that drive informed decision-making, process optimization, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Traceability from start to finish is our promise.

Tulip’s platform ensures that every step in your processes is tracked and documented, providing transparency and accountability throughout the workflow. Make your Frontline Operations more efficient and sustainable by embracing a paperless strategy with Tulip Interfaces.

Elevate your Frontline Operations with Tulip Interfaces.

Where connectivity meets transformation, and the possibilities are as limitless as your ambition. Tulip, the leader in Frontline Operations, is revolutionizing how companies worldwide equip their workforce with connected apps, leading to higher-quality work, improved efficiency, and traceability from start to finish through operations.

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Real-time asset tracking for modern manufacturing environments 

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In complex manufacturing and logistics operations, knowing the exact location of tools, materials, equipment, and vehicles is critical. Gazpacho RTLS is a web-based system that delivers real-time asset tracking to bring full visibility and control to your operations. Whether it’s a forklift, a tool, or a component in production. Gazpacho ensures you know exactly where your assets are, at all times. 

What Is Real-Time Asset Tracking? 

Real-time asset tracking means knowing the live position of your assets as they move through your factory, warehouse, or shop floor. Using cutting-edge RTLS (Real-Time Locating System) technology and from different suppliers such as Quuppa’s precision hardware, Gazpacho provides accurate and immediate tracking data you can trust. This eliminates wasted time, prevents losses, and supports better decisions throughout your operations. 

Improve Efficiency and Reduce Delays 

Lost tools, misplaced parts, or delayed materials can stall production and cost money. With Gazpacho RTLS, you avoid these pitfalls. The system alerts you to deviations, confirms asset flow, and helps you act immediately and saving time, boosting productivity, and reducing operational stress. 

Improved Safety Through Real-Time Insights

By tracking the movement of forklifts and other equipment, Gazpacho RTLS helps identify unsafe behavior, prevent accidents, and support risk analysis. With real-time data, you can improve workplace safety, optimize traffic flows, and ensure compliance with safety protocols. 

Seamless Integration with Your Systems 

Gazpacho RTLS integrates easily with your ERP or MES system, creating a smart data layer that combines location and process information. You can track the journey of assets, link them to orders or projects, and ensure everything is on the right path, from raw material to finished product. 

Unlock the Power of Historical Tracking 

Beyond real-time monitoring, Gazpacho RTLS stores detailed tracking data for future analysis. You can generate spaghetti diagrams, analyze workflows, and uncover new opportunities for Lean improvements, all based on fact-based, real-time asset tracking data. 

From Insight to Action 

With Gazpacho, you move from guesswork to actionable insight. Real-time data lets you monitor performance, respond faster to issues, and continuously optimize your operations, creating a smarter, safer, and more productive factory. 

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Real-Time Energy Monitoring That Reduces Costs and Supports Sustainable Production 

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Energy costs are no longer just a line item, they’re a strategic variable. In today’s competitive manufacturing landscape, energy efficiency is directly tied to profitability and sustainability. Gazpacho Energy provides a powerful energy monitoring solution tailored to production environments, offering real-time data that helps manufacturers gain insight into their energy consumption patterns. 

Why Energy Monitoring Matters 

Energy usage in production is rarely uniform. Machines, lines, and workstations each consume energy differently, some more efficiently than others. With Gazpacho Energy, manufacturers can move beyond total consumption figures and understand when, where, why and how energy is being used. Whether it’s detecting high standby consumption or uncovering energy spikes during startup, monitoring reveals hidden energy waste that impacts both your bottom line and your sustainability goals. 

Detecting Hidden Energy Waste 

One of the major benefits of energy monitoring is identifying energy waste, especially during non-productive periods. In one case, a single machine was found to consume 45% of its total energy in idle mode. Gazpacho Energy makes these patterns visible with updates every 30 seconds, so you’re never working with outdated or average data. 

Turning Data Into Action 

Gazpacho Energy isn’t just about measurement, it’s about improvement. The platform includes a user-friendly dashboard that presents consumption in amperes, kilowatt-hours, and cost. It helps you correlate energy use with production volume, enabling decisions that reduce waste without compromising output. 

Supporting Upgrades and ISO 50001 Goals 

When a machine underperforms energetically, it can impact your bottom line. Gazpacho Energy helps you to benchmark and prioritize investments in more efficient technology. It also supports compliance with energy management standards like ISO 50001 by offering continuous, structured insight into energy performance, perfect for those working toward systematic improvement. 

From Data to Net Zero 

Whether your goal is cost savings, sustainability, or both, Gazpacho Energy supports your journey toward net-zero operations. By optimizing energy usage across both active and idle periods, manufacturers can make data-driven decisions that align with long-term environmental and business goals. 

Through collaboration with Virtual Manufacturing and the adoption of Gazpacho Energy, we’ve acquired vital data on energy consumption. This data empowers us to strategically target areas for improvement, optimizing our operations effectively. Without it, we would have been operating blindly.” – Francis Woodward, Sulzer Pumps 

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What Is Gazpacho Analytics? 

Gazpacho Analytics is a cloud-based platform designed to help production and logistics teams understand how work and materials move through their operations. You access it directly from your web browser, no installation required. The tool gathers tracking data from various technologies like ultra-wideband (UWB) and RFID and translates that raw movement into actionable insights. 

Where traditional value stream mapping relies on observations, sticky notes, and educated guesses, Gazpacho Analytics gives you the hard data to support real improvements. It’s used by engineers and operations experts who want to optimize workflows, reduce waste, and validate layout or method changes with real evidence. 

Turning Movement Into Measurable Data 

With Gazpacho Analytics, movement becomes measurable. By uploading tracking data, such as a CSV file, you can visualize paths as spaghetti diagrams or heat maps. These visualizations make it easy to see how people, materials, or equipment travel across a workspace, and where time or efficiency is lost. 

You can categorize tracked objects (for example: forklifts, operators, carts) and study their behaviours across shifts or process steps. Whether you’re reviewing a week’s worth of historical data or analysing live movements, the system provides a clear picture of flow, stagnation, and deviation from standard paths. 

Analyse and Optimize With Purpose 

The true strength of Gazpacho Analytics lies in its powerful analysis tools, designed to support continuous improvement. You can define zones, such as assembly stations, logistics areas, or buffer zones and use geofencing to understand exactly how much time is spent in each space. 

Are forklifts lingering too long at loading points? 

Are operators consistently taking a longer route than planned? 

Is the takt time met across the production line? 

Gazpacho Analytics helps answer these questions using quantitative evidence, not assumptions. 

You can also compare data sets over time, before and after a layout change, for instance, to validate improvements or uncover new bottlenecks. 

KPIs and Smart Metrics 

Rather than simply tracking location, Gazpacho Analytics extracts key performance indicators from movement patterns. These include: 

• Time spent standing still or moving 

• Distance travelled 

• Number of near misses 

• Acceleration and deceleration rates 

• Compliance with takt time and standard work sequences 

The platform doesn’t just show you what happened, it helps you understand why it happened, and how to design better processes in the future. 

A Platform for Change 

Rather than simply tracking location, Gazpacho Analytics extracts key performance indicators from Gazpacho Analytics is particularly valuable during layout changes, method updates, or process development projects. By comparing “as-is” movement to a “to-be” scenario, teams can predict the impact of changes before they’re implemented. Is the new route shorter? Does it eliminate unnecessary motion? Does it reduce waiting time? 

The tool supports data-driven design of flow, helping organizations move from reactive to proactive process development. And as part of the broader Gazpacho platform, Analytics integrates seamlessly with other tools for tracking, energy monitoring, and digital production control. 

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visualization takes place using digital pulse boards that facilitate collaboration for different types of teams.

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The boards are designed to feel intuitive and inviting to use. Mevisio is developed from the ground up to work well on Touch-based devices such as large touchscreens and tablets. You can meet your team at a large touch screen and have an effective pulse meeting. At the same time, you can take the board with you when you travel, and connect and work in the board at the same time as the others in the team and see updates immediately.

Mevisio is a flexible platform where it is possible to build a variety of different types of boards. Each board is built up by choosing from several ready-made modules. You can e.g. choose from modules for diagrams, removable cards for e.g. Kanban, tables, maps, feedback smileys, forms, checklists. Your board will thus be completely unique and adapted to your needs. The modules are also smart – for each module there is a connection to an advanced database that is designed according to your business. You can also choose that the modules share data with each other, so you can display the same data in several boards but in the way that best suits the respective forum.

One of the biggest advantages of running visualization digitally is that you can connect and send suggestions between the boards. In this way, you can escalate matters to management, who in turn can also delegate tasks to the various teams. It is also possible to build up a structure with, for example, different main projects that contain sub-projects, which in turn contain timetables and activities. It is also possible to get an overall picture by compiling the data into overall tables with aggregated information from underlying tables. In this way, for example, management’s overall strategy and key figures can be broken down and visualized for each team in the entire business. When the teams link activities to this, the management can then immediately see how the business is progressing towards the goals.

Areas of use for different departments:

Efficient Meetings and Time Management with Mevisio Pulse Boards in Production

A production manager holds a daily meeting with his production leaders for the various factories in the country. Earlier in the day, each production leader had their morning meetings at large Touch Screens, which are located in a central place outside the production in each factory. Everyone has their own board in Mevisio and at the joint meeting they have a board that compiles the information from the others in real time. The meeting will then be efficient and you can quickly solve the day’s problems and thus guarantee that all orders are sent on time.

Effective Project Management and Risk Mitigation through Targeted Boards

The project manager responsible for all new development projects uses a couple of different boards to drive their projects. The boards are divided into different parts to plan and distribute tasks to the project members. Once a week, he has extra focus on the board that visualizes and prioritizes risks. It helps the projects reach their goals regarding time, cost and quality.

Holistic View and Strategic Leadership: CEO Utilizes Management Boards for Informed Decisions

The CEO uses a set of multiple management boards that aggregate data from all the different boards used to manage the entire company. She then gets an aggregated picture of what works well in the business and what needs to be examined more closely. At this week’s management meeting, she can quickly ensure that there is a common understanding in the management team of which departments and processes are meeting their goals. They can also discuss and reprioritize the strategies in the business plan – which is of course visualized on a board that the board is also involved in.

Streamlining Patient Flow and Innovation Management with Digital Visualization Boards in Hospital Leadership

In hospital management, each department head uses digital visualization boards to manage patient flow between departments. At the same time, it is important to collect ideas and suggestions for improvement, to improve patient safety and lead times, from both patients and employees. All patients can submit their ideas from tablets in the waiting room, and they will appear directly on the relevant department’s whiteboard.

Successful Sales and Efficient Project Transfer with Integrated Boards and CRM

The sales manager has in his board an integration with the CRM system that retrieves customer information. In addition to visualizing the sales goals, the board is also used to lead and follow up all major initiatives and also to hand over the sold projects to the project managers. The sellers manage their initiatives and to-do points in the mobile and everything is compiled on the common board.

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Transform Your Workstations with Arkite HIM

Arkite HIM revolutionizes workstations by turning them into digital and interactive environments. This cutting-edge technology offers optimal operator guidance through visual work instructions. Using Augmented Reality (AR), Arkite HIM provides real-time assembly and packing instructions, alerting operators to potential errors interactively. The smart sensor ensures tasks are performed correctly according to instructions, minimizing human errors in assembly, packing, and kitting.

Quality Benefits:

• Reduces Human Errors: Ensures accurate task completion with real-time AR guidance.
• Enhanced Traceability: Track and monitor task performance and adherence.
• Minimizes Rework: Decreases the amount of rework and defective products.
• Eliminates Claims: Reduces customer complaints by improving process accuracy.

Efficiency Benefits:

• First-Time Accuracy: Achieve correct results on the first attempt.
• Flexible Batch Sizes: Adapt to varying production needs with ease.
• Flexible Workforce: Enable diverse operators to efficiently handle tasks.

Human Capital Benefits:

• Accessible Across Skill Levels: Suitable for operators with varying levels of experience.
• Shorter Training Curve: Accelerates onboarding and reduces training time.
• Knowledge-Based Support: Provides support tailored to the operator’s skill level.
• Ensures Skill Retention: Maintains high competency levels among staff.

Data-Related Benefits:

• Data Logging: Record and analyze task performance data.
• Enhanced Traceability: Improve visibility and tracking of production processes.
• Data Visualization: Utilize visual data representation for better insights and decision-making.

Streamline Manufacturing Processes with an Integrated Software Suite

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AVIX is a complete software suite for the analysis and optimization of design and manufacturing processes. It is a software that allows you to gather all data, such as method and time studies, line balancing, and FMEA, in one place and within one system. This makes it easier to administer and update. AVIX can also easily exchange information with other systems via XML format.

The information is interconnected in AVIX. A change in the time study for a workstation directly affects the balance of the line and the work instructions. This is a tremendous advantage as it simplifies what is often a significant challenge for the production engineering department: keeping the information up-to-date and accurate. Otherwise, there is a significant risk that the foundation becomes obsolete, and everyone loses confidence in instructions and documentation. We call it production engineering efficiency!

AVIX METHOD – Method and time study

AVIX Method uses MTM-based standard times (or other type of stopwatch measurements) to perform time study analysis of work operations to create the data needed for line balancing and product calculations.

A simple and rapid study provides detailed information, ranging from times of individual work operations to full production line processes. The time base can be used for time data management (TDM) as well as improvement work, capacity calculations, line balancing, work instructions or simply as a basis for decision making.

Or, put another way, how can you make decisions about what and how to improve, if you don’t have the necessary facts about the processes? – AVIX Method helps you analyse and manage this information in a logic and visual way.

AVIX RESOURCE BALANCE – Efficient flow optimization

In AVIX Resource Balance the work operations are balanced between the different workstations and internally between the operators. AVIX Resource Balance has the capability of handling multiple operators as well as man-machine operations.

AVIX visualizes (graphically and numerically) losses caused by an unbalanced workflow. 
The final outcome from the software is reduced balancing losses and the possibility to create new work instructions.

Combining AVIX Resource Balance with AVIX Ergo makes is possible to apply the line balancing activity not only from a workload perspective, but also from an ergonomic perspective. Utilizing the ergonomic model REBA, you can visualize the balance result in terms of both workload (time) but also physiological stress levels.

AVIX SMED – Single minute exchange of die

Reduce set-up time and produce more! Faster and more efficient set-up results in less downtime & increased productivity.

Consider the optimal set-up as a pit-stop in Formula-1. It is performed quick and correct. SMED is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process.

Gain control and visual overview of the setup process with AVIX SMED.

AVIX FMEA – Failure mode and effect analysis

Use AVIX FMEA to perform powerful P/D-FMEA analysis for products and processes in a logic and simple way.

Search, find and give priority to the right FMEA actions to prevent quality deviations being process or design related. Different type of reports can easily be created, e.g. FMEA and Control Plan reports with a clear link the the process steps.

Being a software solution, AVIX makes the information visual and more logic to work with by connecting to the process via video and to the product via its product assembly structure. AVIX also gives the necessary support working with the new and more complex VDA/AIAG methodology by visualizing the Failure and Function net.

Streamline Your Manufacturing with Visual Components at Virtual Manufacturing

At Virtual Manufacturing, we specialize in turning theory into practice through advanced simulation technology. Using Visual Components, a world-leading platform for 3D simulation in the manufacturing industry, we elevate your production process to the next level. Our goal is to optimize every aspect of your manufacturing, from design to delivery, by offering tailored solutions that meet your specific needs.

DES & Flow Simulation: Foresee the Future, Today

By implementing DES (Discrete Event Simulation) and flow simulation with Visual Components, Virtual Manufacturing provides unmatched insight into your production process. These tools allow us to model, simulate, and analyze complex manufacturing systems in an intuitive and powerful way. The result? Reduced costs, improved efficiency, and a faster time-to-market for your products.

Revolutionize with Layout and Robot Integration

Visual Components offers not only DES and flow simulation but also advanced features for layout planning and robotics integration. With these powerful tools, we can:

• Design and optimize production layouts in 3D to maximize space efficiency and workflows.
• Simulate and validate robotic applications for automation, including picking, placing, and assembly, ensuring that robotic investments deliver maximum returns.
• Integrate robotic technology with existing production lines to increase productivity and reduce manual labor.

These features enable us to create a comprehensive view of potential improvements and innovations in your manufacturing process, leading to greater flexibility and lower production costs.

Why Choose Virtual Manufacturing?

With experience and a passionate commitment to innovation, Virtual Manufacturing is your ideal partner for implementing Visual Components. Our team of experts works closely with you to understand your specific challenges and goals, and together we create a customized solution that takes your production to new heights.

Are you ready to discover how Visual Components can revolutionize your manufacturing process with its extensive DES, flow simulation, layout planning, and robotics integration? Contact us at Virtual Manufacturing today for a consultation. Let us build the future of manufacturing together.

Digitalization for Manufacturing and Logistics with Quuppa’s Location Services

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In manufacturing, operational managers must tackle a multitude of logistical challenges. The primary issue is the lack of data visibility, complicating everything from warehouse management to shipment tracking. Without visibility across the entire supply chain, items often end up misplaced during various production stages, and time is wasted manually trying to trace goods and equipment.

Challenges in Traditional Logistics

Individual stakeholders in a supply chain often use their internal management systems and communication channels, as opposed to a centralized reporting and tracking system, resulting in locked data that obscures the bigger picture regarding the status and location of an asset.

The Need for Centralized Asset Tracking

The resulting bottleneck highlights the need for a centralized system for asset tracking, which can only be achieved through a transition to digitalization in logistics. This is why Quuppa has been working on developing Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), enabling assets to be located, tracked, and analyzed within indoor facilities.

Quuppa’s Solution: Real-Time Location and Positioning

With Quuppa’s precise positioning system, an asset’s exact location can be made clear in real-time, simplifying and streamlining asset retrieval. Unlike other RTLS platforms, Quuppa’s system can locate tags and various other devices with Bluetooth (e.g., mobile phones and scanners) down to a 10-centimeter level, transmitting and receiving signals in metal-dense spaces, making it uniquely suitable for warehouses and other challenging environments.

Benefits of Quuppa’s System

Quuppa’s system also provides an accurately updated inventory across multiple locations, whether it’s for tools, packages, or equipment, ensuring you know exactly what you have and where you have it. All this data is integrated into a single centralized platform, allowing easy configuration, management, and monitoring of multiple sites, enhancing scalability.

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