Ficomirrors Selects HPE GreenLake to Power Flexible Production Line and Improve Competitiveness
November 03 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform provides agile, scalable IT
environment to support new, flexible automotive manufacturing
processes
Ficomirrors, an automotive global supplier to automakers
worldwide, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to
improve production efficiency and power a flexible manufacturing
system. Ficomirrors Poland is part of Ficosa, a multinational
corporation that specializes in the research, development,
manufacturing, and marketing of advanced systems for the motor and
mobility sectors.
As the demand for customization continues to increase in
automotive manufacturing, producers are looking to respond to
consumer demands with new models that require customisable,
flexible, efficient manufacturing operations. Just-in-sequence
(JIS) manufacturing is a strategy that aims to create a flexible
production cycle by ensuring that the appropriate components and
parts arrive at the production line in the right sequence
‘just-in-time’ for assembly. Such an approach is designed to reduce
the production time, eliminate supply buffers, and significantly
lower inventory costs. However, running JIS manufacturing requires
advanced logistics and flawless communication between customers and
suppliers, and consequently it also demands a technology
environment that is equally flexible, responsive, and scalable.
“Our new manufacturing strategy was designed to respond to the
high demand in the automotive industry for customized manufacturing
and efficient supply services to enable our customers to increase
their rate of production and build in more flexibility at reduced
cost,” said Michał Kasak, IT Manager at Ficomirrors. “To ensure
smooth integration and execution of the just-in-sequence
manufacturing system, we selected HPE GreenLake to build an IT
environment that was able to handle any workload on demand,
facilitate fast and seamless data sharing, and bolster our flexible
approach.”
Ficomirrors turned to Infomex, an HPE Gold Partner, for advisory
services and IT environment assessment. Given Ficomirror’s unique
requirements, Infomex recommended the HPE GreenLake platform as the
best fit to meet both reliability and flexibility requirements. HPE
GreenLake enables customers to avoid large-scale investments thanks
to a flexible IT consumption model – delivered at the customer’s
specified location. For Ficomirrors it means the ability to support
their flexible manufacturing strategy with an equally flexible IT
environment, and therefore handle any compute workload and easily
scale up or down their operations to meet their current and future
needs. As a result, the company will be able to reduce the total
cost of ownership, significantly boost efficiency of the
manufacturing cycle and reduce time to market and ensure
competitiveness in the fast-changing world.
Ficomirrors will draw multiple benefits from the HPE GreenLake
platform, including:
- Freeing up resources previously focused on IT management thanks
to intelligent and self-managing IT systems;
- Access to an always-on storage system for the mission critical
workloads delivered through HPE Primera C630;
- A high-performing, software-defined, and secure infrastructure
to run many workloads powered by HPE Synergy;
- Increased high availability and reduced malfunctions thanks to
predictable analytics powered by HPE InfoSight, a cloud-based
AI-driven operations tool featured in HPE Synergy and HPE
Primera;
- Full control and compliance of all data, because the hardware
solution is located in customer’s data center;
- Regulated hardware refresh cycles;
- Flexibility and scalability with distributed workloads,
ensuring smooth and fast operations;
- A predictable “pay-per-use” spending model that eliminates
upfront investment, reduces total cost of ownership, and allows the
customer to pay only for what they consume.
“Our customers are looking to build flexible, scalable IT
environments in order to support the changing demands of their
businesses and at the same time have the reassurance of knowing
where their data is located,” said Tomasz Szewczyk, Sales Manager
at HPE. “HPE GreenLake addresses these demands by enabling our
customers to innovate with peace of mind and deliver a cloud
service in the location of their choice – either in their own
datacenter or at a co-location partner site.”
The HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform provides customers with
a powerful foundation to drive digital transformation. The HPE
GreenLake platform can run on-premises, at the edge, or in a
colocation facility, and combines the simplicity and agility of the
cloud with the governance, compliance, and visibility that comes
with hybrid IT. HPE GreenLake offers a range of cloud services that
accelerate innovation, including cloud services for analytics, bare
metal, compute, container management, core payment systems, data
protection, electronic medical records, 5G, HCI, high performance
compute, machine learning operations, networking, risk management,
SAP HANA, storage, VDI, and VMs. The HPE GreenLake business is
rapidly growing with over $5.2 billion USD in total contract value
and 900 partners selling HPE GreenLake. Today, HPE GreenLake has
about 1200 enterprise customers across 50 countries in all industry
sectors and sizes including Fortune 500 companies, government and
public sector organizations, and small and midmarket enterprises.
For more information on HPE GreenLake, please visit:
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/greenlake.html.
About Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes
by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on
decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way
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technology solutions delivered as a service – spanning Compute,
Storage, Software, Intelligent Edge, High Performance Computing and
Mission Critical Solutions – with a consistent experience across
all clouds and edges, designed to help customers develop new
business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational
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