Vending Software integrates CAD/CAM systems with production floor.
Press Release Summary:
ToolBOSS with NOVO combines ToolBOSS™ vending solution and NOVO™ cloud-enabled digital tooling and process knowledge vehicle. ToolBOSS users on cloud can use NOVO to see if an item proposed for process plan is available in their ToolBOSS inventory. Functionality enables accelerated identification of optimal tool as well as assessment of corresponding tool availability. Also, capabilities facilitate tool ordering, secure backup of data, and proactive diagnostic checks and updates to ToolBOSS.
Original Press Release:
KENNAMETAL® Launches New ToolBOSS(TM) Vending Solution Connecting ToolBOSS with NOVO(TM)
Cloud-enabled digital tooling data and knowledge interfaces with state-of-the-art inventory control to optimize and energize shop productivity.
Having tool availability confirmed during process planning can be a critical time-saving element for important jobs, avoiding downtime and expensive overnight shipping. Shops with NOVO and ToolBOSS have a distinct advantage.
Driven by “Different Thinking is Better Thinking,” Kennametal continues to seize the productivity-building potential of NOVO™ by launching a new service offering combining its premium vending solution, ToolBOSS™ and its cloud-enabled digital tooling and process knowledge vehicle NOVO™.
Market-Driven Solution
Manufacturing’s unrelenting pressure to remain competitive and control costs combined with the widening skills gap are shaping the present and future of how customers operate and manage machine shops today. Kennametal’s ToolBOSS with NOVO was inspired by the needs of machining customers seeking seamless real-time integration of their enterprise engineering systems (CAD/CAM systems) with their production floor. Recent research indicates up to 70% of manufacturing executives are focusing on plant-floor data initiatives to drive operational and business excellence, faster time to market, and immediate access to data from machines on the factory floor. ToolBOSS users on the cloud with the latest software version can now use NOVO™ to see if an item proposed for a process plan is already available in their ToolBOSS inventory. This makes plans and budgets more time- and cost-efficient. “By adding ToolBOSS credentials to their user profile, customers easily check the inventory in their local ToolBOSS units with their developing process plans,” says Daniel Gillig, Global Services ToolBOSS Manager at Kennametal. “They’re better able to visualize items already in their shop.”
Powerful Solutions Linked
The unique ToolBOSS – NOVO linkage will provide customers the ability to quickly ID the optimal tool (selecting from the industry’s latest technology), and assess corresponding tool availability; moving customers from design to shop floor in the shortest time possible with the most efficient cutting tool option. This linkage also makes it easier to order new tools, provide secure back up of data and conduct proactive diagnostic checks and updates to the ToolBOSS. “With these powerful solutions linked together”, explains John Jacko, Kennametal vice president and chief marketing officer, “our customers should expect a 20-50% time savings in quoting, programming, set-up, and machining processes compared to traditional fragmented approaches requiring high levels of skill in the areas of tool selection, application, and data integration.”
Industry Leading Partners
The connection of ToolBOSS and NOVO is enabled through partnership with the Machining Cloud GmbH and ToolBOSS Vending Solutions supply chain partner, Supply Point Systems (SPS). SPS is a world leader in the design and manufacture of secure, point-of-use inventory management systems, while Machining Cloud is a leader in the global manufacturing community providing a single-source of access to complete and up-to-date product data from leading manufacturers of cutting tools, machine tools and workholding.
Kennametal ToolBOSS Vending Solutions is planning a staged rollout of ToolBOSS – NOVO beginning in the United States, expanding to other world regions within the next 18 months. “This innovation builds on our premium vending solution, ToolBOSS, and provides the type of value-added service our customers demand – allowing them to be more efficient programing new jobs, as well as running those same jobs on the shop floor. Our vision is to leverage these types of digital solutions more and more to help our customers fully optimize their operations,” commented Jeswant Gill, Kennametal vice president and executive vice president, industrial segment.
For more information, visit http://www.kennametal.com.
Integrating ToolBOSS with NOVO optimizes both process planning and shop-floor operations, moving jobs from design to production as quickly as possible.
Celebrating more than 75 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers seeking peak performance in demanding environments. The company provides innovative wear-resistant products, application engineering and services backed by advanced material science, serving customers in 60 countries across diverse sectors of aerospace, earthworks, energy, industrial production, transportation and infrastructure. With approximately 14,000 employees and nearly $3 billion in sales, the company realizes half of its revenue from outside North America, and 40% globally from innovations introduced in the past five years. Recognized among the "World's Most Ethical Companies" (Ethisphere); "Outstanding Corporate Innovator" (Product Development Management Association); and "America's Safest Companies" (EHS Today) with a focus on 100% safety, Kennametal and its foundation invest in technical education, industrial technologies and material science to deliver the promise of progress and economic prosperity to people everywhere. For more information, visit the company's website at www.kennametal.com.
Kennametal Inc.
1600 Technology Way
PO Box 231
Latrobe, PA 15650-0231
USA
LINDEN Kathy
Phone : 724 539 5698
Fax : 724 539 6766
kathy.linden@kennametal.com
Kennametal Inc.
1600 Technology Way
PO Box 231
Latrobe, PA 15650-0231
USA
GROMOLL Carsten
Phone : +1 724 539 8033
carsten.gromoll@kennametal.com
