AGCO Improved Productivity and Accuracy Using Assisted Reality with Glass
July 18 2017 - 9:32AM
Business Wire
Glass Enterprise Edition to Be Implemented
at Six Additional AGCO Factories
AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a worldwide manufacturer and
distributor of agricultural equipment, announced today that it is
increasing the efficiency, quality and safety of its manufacturing
programs by doubling the number of Glass, an assisted reality,
wearable headset device being used in its Jackson, Minnesota,
factory, and will begin using Glass at six additional factories.
The Jackson facility manufactures complex, custom configured
Challenger and Massey Ferguson agricultural machines.
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Glass has enabled workers to scan a
machine's serial number to instantly bring up a manual, photo, or
video they may need to build the tractor. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Peggy Gulick, AGCO’s Director of Business Process Improvement,
said, "We have been using Glass with a solution called Proceedix
for the past two years. We found the greatest value from using
Glass has been in the assembly and quality areas, through the easy
and quick hands-free access to the instructions and checklists
necessary to assemble our individually designed tractors. We have
discovered that training with smart glasses is a grand slam. New
product launches, multi-operation and new hire training are easily
administered and audited for success. We have seen a significant
increase in productivity, and our factory employees have reported
being much happier doing their jobs."
AGCO, one of the pioneering companies to use Glass in its
factory, was recently announced as a Glass Partner by the Glass
team at Alphabet’s X. With the use of Glass, AGCO has seen over a
30 percent reduction in inspection times, a 25 percent reduction in
production time for low volume, high complexity assemblies and the
ability to train staff 300% faster. AGCO no longer requires the use
of $3,000 rugged tablets to inspect customized tractors, and
employees’ hands have been freed up. Glass has enabled workers to
scan a machine’s serial number to instantly bring up a manual,
photo, or video they may need to build the tractor. Factory workers
are also able to use voice commands to take notes and leave them
for the next shift worker, allowing for a more seamless transfer
and increased productivity. Staff is trained faster on cross
functional operations using Glass, reducing the average learning
curve time from 10 days to three.
“AGCO was an early adopter of Glass in the workplace and their
business results highlight how useful it can be for manufacturing
workers to have all the information they need to get the job done
right in their line of sight,” Jay Kothari, Project Lead,
Glass.
Gulick continued, “Knowing that smart glasses are a lean tool,
and not an industry requirement or cool factor, we have reported a
30 percent reduction in processing times and a 50 percent reduction
in new hire and cross functional employee training time. Glass was
introduced as a solution to make employees’ jobs easier and safer
while driving higher quality to our product and our processes. In
the end, we have accomplished both.”
For more information, visit
http://news.agcocorp.com/topics/agco-innovations-in-manufacturing-with-glass
or https://youtu.be/xIkPb4fsb54.
About AGCO
AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) is a global leader in the design,
manufacture and distribution of agricultural solutions and supports
more productive farming through its full line of equipment and
related services. AGCO products are sold through five core brands,
Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra®, supported
by Fuse® precision technologies and farm optimization services, and
are distributed globally through a combination of over 3,000
independent dealers and distributors in more than 150 countries.
Founded in 1990, AGCO is headquartered in Duluth,
GA, USA. In 2016, AGCO had net sales of $7.4 billion. For more
information, visit http://www.AGCOcorp.com. For company news,
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AGCO CorporationLindsey E. Pettyjohn, +1-770-232-8434Manager,
Public Relations (North America)Lindsey.Pettyjohn@agcocorp.com
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