Hager Group optimizes its industrial processes with fabriq

Founded in 1955, Hager provides electrical solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. Their expertise spans energy management and home automation, as well as the manufacturing of switches, outlets, and more. They consistently strive to stay at the forefront of innovation to meet their customers’ needs. This commitment extends to their own factory operations, where they partner with innovative solutions like fabriq to digitalize their routines across 5 tiers.

+60

years of experience

production sites

12900

employees

Time savings in process execution

Better visibility of issues

Faster, clearer information flow

The Problem

The challenges Hager Group faced before fabriq

Before fabriq, their Top 5 and Top 10 routines were run using physical boards, with materials attached by rings. Indicators were printed on sheets and stored in plastic sleeves. Processes were completed on paper, then re-entered manually into PowerPoint or Excel. This led to major time loss, since everything had to be typed by hand. Other drawbacks included:

information getting lost
no data history
limited action tracking
double data entry
excessive paperwork

The solution

Deploying fabriq across Hager Group sites

The rollout of fabriq aligned with Hager’s group-wide Industry 4.0 initiative. Today, fabriq is deployed across 8 different sites and used by 207 teams, from production to support functions (maintenance, quality, safety, etc.).

Digitalization of rituals (Top 5, Top 10, Top 15) across 5 levels: production lines, support services, site level, and more
Dashboards for performance indicator tracking and action plan management
Digitalization of daily routines
Digitalization of problem-solving processes

Objectives of implementing fabriq:

Improve overall company performance
Eliminate time-consuming, low-value tasks

Adoption

How Hager teams embraced the tool and the benefits they saw

fabriq was quick and easy for teams to adopt. Hager employees were fully operational within a few days. Even operators who were less comfortable with digital tools found the platform intuitive, which helped overcome resistance to change in a short period of time. fabriq improved many aspects of daily work for both operators and managers, including: