Haas Automation, Inc.
There’s an App for That
The Haas assembly floor now uses electronic work instructions running in custom applications on Apple iPads to ensure that every product is built to exacting standards, and every process is completely documented and traceable.
Haas began implementing electronic work instructions on the assembly floor in January 2012, as a first step toward becoming a “paperless” factory. Since then, the company has reduced its paper consumption from 13.5 million pages per year to 3.6 million pages per year – a decrease of nearly 75%. The Assembly Department alone, one of the most paper intensive departments, has reduced monthly paper consumption from 645,250 pages to 40,000 pages – a decrease of nearly 94%! Currently, there are more than 400 iPads deployed throughout the Haas factory, with more planned as other departments come online.
There’s an App for That
The Haas assembly floor now uses electronic work instructions running in custom applications on Apple iPads to ensure that every product is built to exacting standards, and every process is completely documented and traceable.
Haas began implementing electronic work instructions on the assembly floor in January 2012, as a first step toward becoming a “paperless” factory. Since then, the company has reduced its paper consumption from 13.5 million pages per year to 3.6 million pages per year – a decrease of nearly 75%. The Assembly Department alone, one of the most paper intensive departments, has reduced monthly paper consumption from 645,250 pages to 40,000 pages – a decrease of nearly 94%! Currently, there are more than 400 iPads deployed throughout the Haas factory, with more planned as other departments come online.