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PMC Cylinders was founded in 1928 in Vaggeryd, in the Småland region of Sweden. With strong roots in Swedish engineering tradition, the company has evolved from a local initiative into a global supplier of hydraulic cylinders for mobile OEM-applications. When the need for more efficient daily management was identified, PMC Cylinders chose to implement Boards on Fire’s digital solution. The result? Simply undeniable.
Making the right decisions at the right time is crucial for running a successful business. For PMC Cylinders, the implementation of Boards on Fire has led to tangible improvements that truly make a difference in daily operations:
To understad the impact of these improvements, let's rewind and take a look at how daily operations looked before.
For many years, the teams at PMC Cylinder held their daily management meetings in front of traditional whiteboards. Production managers from the company's three factories, across Vaggeryd, started their days with team-level pulse meetings. Afterwards, the production managers traveled to the main buildning with papers and post-its filled with key performance indicators from their respective departments. There, they manually recorded KPIs, results, and incidents on the boards and presented them. After the meeting, they took the update figures and imporant information back to their factories.
As production was constantly moving forward, and the productions managers had to spend a lot of time collecting and double-checking information, the KPIs did not always match reality. This created challanges in obtaining accurate information, and the trips between factories consumed time that could have been used for more value-creating work.
When PMC Cylinder's CEO, Anders Freding, discovered Boards on Fire's digital solution for daily management at a networking event, he quickly realized how the system could benefit their operations. After a smooth implementation, supported by Boards on Fire's Customer Success team, the platform was soon fully operational.
– The transition to Boards on Fire has been straightforward, and with stong support from Boards on Fires team, we were able to further develop our digital platform and fully tailor it to our needs, says Anders Freding.
The introduction of Boards on Fire became a real boost for PMC Cylinders. Daily management suddenly gained clear value, especially in production, where results quickly became visible to all employees. At the same time, management gained a clearer, consolidated overview of all factories, creating confidence in decision-making and a shared direction across the organization.
A more natural and continuous improvement culture also emerged. Both small adjustments and larger initiatives could be registered, followed up, and measured in real time. This allowed teams to quickly see which changes made an impact, share successes, and build on ideas without anything falling through the cracks. Improvement work thus became not just a routine, but a natural part of everyday operations and a shared driving force throughout the organization.
– Previously, we worked with improvement logs in Excel, but today we register, follow up on, and archive improvements directly in Boards on Fire, Anders explains.
The implementation has not only introduced a new way of working, it has also become a tool for strengthening collaboration, improving production overview, and creating a smoother, more efficient daily operation. For example, PMC has replaced its manual visitor check-in system with Boards on Fire’s digital visitor module, giving employees better visibility of visits and events.
The teams have embraced the new way of working with great enthusiasm. Easily accessible, real-time data makes it simple for everyone to follow production and make faster decisions, which in turn has increased engagement. Production managers have also been able to free up valuable time previously spent collecting and verifying data, time that can now be dedicated to production, improvement work, and supporting their teams.
Having access to updated and easily accessible data has made everyday work much clearer and more efficient. For production managers, who previously had to double-check information and handle it manually, this has meant significant time savings, says Anders Freding.
The system has already created clear improvements in daily operations, and the company now sees great potential to use the tool even more proactively to strengthen collaboration, increase efficiency, and follow up on improvements in real time, giving the entire organization a shared direction and enabling better decision-making.
With Boards on Fire in place, PMC Cylinders sees a future full of new initiatives, continuous improvements, and even greater opportunities to develop the business.
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