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SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
FATH IN CONVERSATION
INNOVATIONS AT FATH:
From customer challenge via the FATH
Experience Factory to the finished product
So FATH product worlds complement each other?
How does a clever idea become a new FATH product?
This is precisely the subject of our discussion with
Volker Walz, our product manager. This developed into
an interesting interview, highlighting our innovations
and explaining our underlying motivation:
Yes, they do. In many areas, solutions work seamlessly with FATH components: for example, FIFO
stations for dollies, labeling including stable connection to a profile, or the revolutionary Flowsort
sorting modules used in intralogistics. The ambos.
io web app also digitizes work processes that are
executed using analog structures. The solutions
can be combined individually as required and help
to build a productive and highly efficient industrial
ecosystem.
The FATH product worlds are diversified. So what
is behind this diversification?
In our capacity as a component specialist, we have
become familiar with the needs of people working on
the shop floor over many years. We have consistently
expanded our portfolio with products and solutions
that make people's jobs easier.
ENRICH YOUR WORKING LIFE.
How is it ensured that new solutions really add
value?
This is not an empty promise, but the motivation
that drives each of us every day.
Through their direct practical application! All FATH
products and solutions are created collaboratively
by the people who will later use them. Unique to
FATH in this respect is our FATH Experience Factory
(FATH XF). Innovations are created right here, on
our own shop floor, using FATH products. And this
is also where our most critical users reside - my
colleagues in production and intralogistics. They
give us unbridled feedback on our products and
also provide us with new ideas. Colleagues who
are on site with customers from a wide range of
industries complement the pool of ideas with their
experiences.
Where do the ideas for new FATH products
originate?
The ideas come from the real world - from
watching and listening at the customer's site and
from our own production facility. Feedback from
our customers has led to the development of new
product areas that are always related to our roots aluminum profile system components. For example
FATH LEAN 4.0. These products directly influence
the working world on the shop floor by optimizing
interfaces in production areas and making processes
more efficient.
How does the actual development process unfold?
Through the internal and external interaction we
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