Automotive Grade

JIT Production Without the JIT Panic.

Real-time supplier visibility, quality gate monitoring, and live OEE so you catch supply gaps and quality issues before they stop the line.

Improved OEE
JIT visibility
Quality gate integration
The Challenge

What happens when a supplier truck is 45 minutes late

JIT Surprises Kill Your Schedule

Your supplier's truck is late. Or early. Either way, your production schedule just became a suggestion. By the time you know, it's too late to adjust.
$5K+ per minute of line stoppage

Quality Gates Are Black Boxes

How many units passed Station 47 in the last hour? Nobody knows without walking the floor. Quality issues propagate downstream before detection.
Rework costs and warranty claims

OEE Is a Monthly Report, Not Reality

You calculate OEE after the fact. By then, the performance losses, micro-stoppages, and quality issues that caused it are ancient history.
Lost improvement opportunities

Supplier Coordination Is Chaotic

12 suppliers, 47 components, 3 shifts. Coordinating incoming materials with production schedules requires a war room and constant phone calls.
Inventory buffers and expediting costs

The Difference

Before and after Sandhed

Before
  • Supplier late = line down
  • Walk the floor to check quality gates
  • Monthly OEE reports
  • Phone calls to coordinate suppliers
With Sandhed
  • See supplier status before arrival
  • Real-time quality gate visualization
  • Live OEE per station and line
  • Visual supplier dock scheduling
Proven Results

Numbers That Matter to Your P&L

20%OEE improvement
35%Annual savings potential
50%Fewer quality escapes
4 hrsSetup time (not months)
Based on platform capabilities and industry benchmarks.
Capabilities

Built for Automotive

Purpose-built features that address your industry's specific challenges.

JIT Production Monitoring

See takt times, buffer levels, and line balance in real time. Know when production is drifting off pace before it becomes a problem.
Live takt status

Quality Gate Visualization

Spot quality issues the moment they appear. Pass/fail rates and defect patterns shown per station so problems don't travel downstream.
Real-time quality

Supplier Dock Visibility

See what's arriving, when, and at which dock. No more surprises when a truck shows up early or late.
Full inbound visibility

Real-Time OEE

OEE calculated live for every station, line, and plant. Act on performance gaps today, not in next month's report.
Continuous OEE

Andon Integration

See andon calls the moment they happen, right on your 3D floor plan. Track response times and escalate when needed.
Instant visibility

Line Balance Optimization

Find where work is piling up and where capacity is going to waste. Visual cycle time data makes rebalancing straightforward.
Bottleneck detection

Real-World Scenarios

A Day in the Life with Sandhed

Here's what a typical day looks like with Sandhed running.

1

Adjusting the build sequence before a late truck arrives

Supplier truck delayed by 45 minutes. But you knew at 5:30 because Sandhed showed the truck status. You adjusted the build sequence, pulled from safety stock for 3 part numbers, and kept the line running.

6:15 AM
2

Catching a fail-rate spike at Station 12

Station 12 fail rate jumps from 2% to 8% in 15 minutes. Sandhed flags it immediately. Root cause: tool wear on the previous station. You swap the tool before it becomes a batch problem. 200 units saved from rework.

10:30 AM
3

Finding micro-stoppages hiding in the shift change

Your shift supervisor spots that Line 3's OEE dropped 5% this week. He drills into Sandhed, sees micro-stoppages clustering at Station 7 between 10-11 AM. Turns out, that's when material handlers rotate shifts. Quick process change, OEE back up.

2:00 PM
Integrations

Connects to Your Automotive Ecosystem

Sandhed connects to your existing systems via industry-standard protocols.

MES Systems
  • Standard MES protocols
  • Custom integrations
ERP
  • Standard ERP protocols
  • REST API connectivity
Industrial PLCs
  • Allen-Bradley compatible
  • S7 compatible
  • Various via OPC UA
Quality
  • Quality management systems
Protocols
  • OPC UA
  • MQTT
  • REST API
  • EtherNet/IP
Don't see your system? We support 150+ industrial protocols via our gateway integrations.

See how Sandhed works with your assembly lines

See how Sandhed would work with your assembly lines, quality systems, and supplier network. We'll model your actual plant.

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