production equipment is guided by an
optimum process developed internally by
Faymonville on the basis of the positive
empirical values with the MAXTrailer. With
regard to productivity, however, an even
higher level is to be achieved.
In Lentzweiler too, production is starting in
the initial phase with additional qualified
workers. A new training and distribution
centre is being added in Luxemburg -
not only for the CombiMAX, but for all
Faymonville products that are manufactured
in Lentzweiler.
Important findings from the philosophy
of the MAXTrailer
At the same time as the development of the
CombiMAX construction kit module, new
development processes, new manufacturing
methods and new information technologies
were and are being introduced. In this
context, valuable and future-oriented
findings have been collected from the
manufacture of the MAXTrailer over the past
years and these are now being incorporated
into the development of the CombiMAX.
After all, the MAXTrailer is also a
standardised product in proven Faymonville
high quality, which was accepted by the
market in a short time. A success that is
based not least on the concept of the
configurable, modular construction kit with
cost-optimised assemblies, standardised
interfaces and the maximum number of
common parts.
“That was without a doubt a welcome
experience,” says Yves Faymonville, looking
to Goleniow, where the MAXTrailer is
manufactured in an assembly hall specially
built for the purpose. Arnold Luxen agrees
with him.
The CombiMAX concept is based in terms of
standardisation, configuration and logistics
on the MAXTrailer philosophy - but adapted
for higher payloads.”
From ‘DESIGN TO ORDER’ to ‘CONFIG-
URE TO ORDER’
The first prototypes of the CombiMAX are
currently undergoing trials, both in-house
tests and on behalf of customers. The
goal Faymonville has set for itself, namely,
continuous production from early autumn,
can be maintained - initially in Büllingen,
and from next year in Luxemburg.
Guy Fickers is firmly convinced that “we
are capturing the spirit of the time with
the CombiMAX,” particularly since the
expectations of the market are high and
positive after the initial feedback from a
circle of selected core customers.
The long-term internal target from 2016 on
is extremely ambitious. Faymonville plans to
produce up to 400 CombiMAXs per year in
future. This process will mean the creation
of further jobs in Poland and in Luxemburg.
With the CombiMAX, one principle applies
both to the company and to its customers
from now on: in engineering and production,
success will lead away from the principle
of ‘design to order’ towards the main idea
‘configure to order’.
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