Live Production Reports
at Teconnex Europe
How Teconnex Europe achieved real-time production visibility and a 4% efficiency boost through KFactory and Orange Business - digitizing traditionally manual processes on the factory floor.
About Teconnex Europe
Teconnex Europe is a manufacturer of technical coupling solutions for the automotive industry. The company was founded six years ago and is part of a group of companies that has factories in seven countries.
In Romania, the Teconnex Europe factory produces technical coupling solutions for the automotive industry and has over 230 employees, growing from the initial 40 employees when actual production began. The company sought an experienced partner to immediately benefit from the efficiency of digital transformation by digitizing the traditionally manual production processes in the factory.
Orange Business & KFactory
Teconnex initially chose Orange Business for the implementation of infrastructure services - mobile phone services, fixed internet, structured cabling. As development progressed, Teconnex’s needs grew. Orange Business began delivering other services, such as managed Wi-Fi services in the production hall and offices.
Consequently, Orange Business presented solutions to address real-time production analysis needs. One of these solutions, KFactory, was already “grown” in the Orange Fab business incubator. It perfectly suited Teconnex’s needs to monitor production, to see the rate of defective products or those requiring special attention.
Therefore, Orange Business, together with the start-up KFactory, created a long-term digital transformation plan, as a result of which Teconnex Europe will have complete visibility over all processes on the production line to intervene immediately in case of deviations from the production plan.
Infrastructure First
Orange Business provided the foundational IT infrastructure - mobile services, fixed internet, and structured cabling - before layering on production analytics.
Managed Wi-Fi
Industrial-grade Wi-Fi deployed across production halls and offices, enabling real-time connectivity for IoT devices and operator tablets.
KFactory via Orange Fab
KFactory, incubated through Orange Fab, was the ideal Industry 4.0 solution for automating data collection and analysis from industrial production equipment.
Live Production Reports
The solution selected was KFactory, an Industry 4.0 solution to automate data collection and analysis from industrial production equipment. It allows real-time analysis of data from industrial processes and provides live production reports. This way managers can easily identify areas where intervention is needed for efficiency.
Spot Welding - A New Frontier
The implementation at Teconnex had specificities related to factory operations. A large part of Teconnex’s production flow consists of spot welding. This was a challenge - to come up with a different approach and ensure that the platform can be implemented on any type of equipment, on any type of production flow.
Spot Welding Integration
First-ever KFactory implementation in a spot-welding production flow, requiring a completely new approach to data collection and monitoring.
Cybersecurity Focus
The solution was implemented in parallel with securing all components. User training was conducted to reduce the risks of cyber-attacks alongside digitization.
AI & Machine Learning
The system enables Teconnex to leverage AI and machine learning for predictive maintenance and risk pattern recognition.
Real-Time Visibility, Immediate Results
The implementation delivered tangible results and positive feedback from employees who interact daily with the system.
4% Efficiency Boost
Production efficiency increased by 4% through real-time monitoring and data-driven process optimization.
Real-Time Data Access
Managers can now access live production reports and identify areas requiring intervention for efficiency immediately.
Rapid System Adoption
Employees quickly adopted the system, with positive feedback from operators who interact with it daily on the production floor.
Defect Rate Visibility
Clear visibility into the rate of defective products and those requiring special attention, enabling proactive quality control.
Predictive Maintenance
AI and machine learning capabilities enable predictive maintenance and risk pattern recognition across the factory floor.
Complete Visibility
Full visibility over all production line processes, allowing immediate intervention in case of deviations from the production plan.
From Startup to Smart Factory
Teconnex Europe established its operations in 2018 with a team of 40 employees. To be efficient from the beginning, the company chose Orange Business as a technology partner for implementing infrastructure solutions.
With the increase in the number of employees and the start of industrial production processes of technical coupling solutions for the automotive industry, the need for data collection and analysis from industrial equipment has arisen.
Orange Business proposed the implementation of the KFactory solution, an Industry 4.0 solution for automating data collection and analysis from industrial production equipment, part of the Orange Fab incubator.
Digital Transformation Through Partnership
The partnership between Teconnex Europe, Orange Business, and KFactory demonstrates how strategic collaboration can accelerate digital transformation in manufacturing. By building on a solid infrastructure foundation and layering intelligent production analytics, Teconnex gained real-time visibility into their entire production flow.
With access to live production reports, predictive maintenance capabilities, and AI-powered analytics, Teconnex Europe is positioned to continue optimizing operations and scaling efficiency across their growing workforce of 230+ employees.