GMB Presse S.r.l.
Founded in 1996, GMB Presse engineers and overhauls presses for rubber, silicone, and plastic molding. Their elite portfolio extends to industrial ovens, ultrasonic washing systems, air temperature controllers, and specialized retrofitting services. Deeply committed to “Made in Italy” excellence, operational sustainability, and advanced automation, the enterprise stands as a definitive pioneer of technological evolution within its sector.
Increase in work order delivery punctuality
Reduction in operational downtime between production phases
Increase in the precision of industrial cost calculations per work order
Reduction in data entry errors across production logs and time tracking
Improvement in decision-making agility, fueled by real-time data availability
The Challenge
GMB Presse was managing a highly customized production process, characterized by untracked manual phases and fragmented information systems. This structural disconnect severely limited operational visibility and hindered rapid executive decision-making.
The absence of surgical, real-time monitoring forced the enterprise to rely heavily on the tacit experience of a few key operators. This resulted in inaccurate production logs, delivery bottlenecks, and sluggish invoicing procedures. Furthermore, a previous implementation of an overly rigid MES had starkly highlighted the critical need for a solution meticulously aligned with their true operational realities.
GMB Presse required a highly flexible, modular, and scalable architecture capable of flawlessly integrating presses, milling machines, warehouse logistics, and executive offices, delivering uncompromising real-time intelligence on costs, labor hours, and work order progression.
The Industrial Cloud Solution
Industrial Cloud initiated the project with a profound, collaborative analysis of existing workflows, engaging both department heads and shop floor operators to faithfully map every single phase within the AgileFactory MES architecture.
The MES was engineered to seamlessly harvest data from presses and milling machines—even those utilizing non-standard communication protocols—and to centralize production scheduling, order governance, and time tracking onto a single, impenetrable platform.
Today, every operator receives digital work orders directly on their tablet, records phase initiations and completions in real time, and logs material withdrawals via barcode scanners. Warehouse intelligence flows automatically into the specific work order, while the system calculates direct and indirect costs with surgical precision in real time.
Empowered by targeted Industry 4.0 training, the GMB Presse vanguard rapidly mastered the new digital instruments, restoring their absolute confidence in a flexible, bespoke MES architecture.
The Results
- 100% of production phases digitalized, from initial milling to final testing protocols.
- +25% surge in delivery punctuality for finalized industrial machinery.
- -40% reduction in inter-departmental downtime, driven by perfectly synchronized scheduling and execution.
- +20% elevated accuracy in the calculation of direct and indirect costs for every single work order.
- 0% error rate in work order generation, secured by automated time tracking.
- > 95% of operators actively engaging with digital terminals on a daily basis.
