Knowledge Cycles as the Key to Sustainable Production

DE software & control demonstrates: Experiential knowledge is a production result – not just a side effect

Sustainable production is not limited to material and energy efficiency. Avoided errors, shorter downtimes, and secured experiential knowledge are also decisive factors. DE software & control makes clear that knowledge loss represents an often-overlooked form of waste.

“Sustainability does not begin with CO2 balances or recycling, but with the avoidance of waste in the production process,” explains Andreas Tobisch, CEO of DE software & control. “Material, energy, time, and knowledge are valuable resources. What matters is whether they enable value creation.”

As skilled workers leave, experiential knowledge that develops daily on the shopfloor is lost – an underestimated location factor. Friedrich Steininger, Senior Advisor at DE software & control, emphasizes: “Production creates not only products, but also new knowledge every day. Those who view operational work merely as a cost center underestimate its contribution to industrial competence.”

DE software & control relies on initiatives such as BoomerZ, workstAItion 5.0, and DE-maintain to establish knowledge cycles that share experience between generations and make knowledge usable in the work context. The result: avoided errors save material, avoided rework saves energy, and reduced waiting times reduce productivity losses.

“The greatest leverage often lies not in the next marginally more efficient machine, but in the consistent use of existing knowledge,” Tobisch concludes.

Read the original article here (German): INDUSTR.COM Knowledge for Sustainable Production