trailer world issue Two 2010

Issue Two 2010 5 Panorama Quality management at BPW At BPW, every single blank that starts the production process and every single finished part that is sent to the customer goes through the quality assurance process. BPW gives quality top priority.  BPW has recently erected a new building at company head- quarters in Wiehl for the extensive tasks involved in quality management. The two-storey state-of-the-art building complex accommodates amongst others the laboratories, testing and measuring divisions together with gauge construction. The close proximity of all areas now optimises organisational workflows and communication procedures in BPW’s qual- ity department. For example, compliance with high-preci- sion drawing requirements has to be safeguarded by complex measuring system analysis. Here gauge construction as- sists the measuring room with precision know-how. Similarly, initial sample inspection is carried out promptly with extensive laboratory and measuring room activities. Material flows in the measuring room have been optimised to ensure that the chal- lenges and tasks presented by new products such as the ECO Disc trailer disc brake can be implemented quickly and successfully. The quality department has set up a “branch” at the new ECO Disc production facility. At the centre of the production building with about 10,000 m² of floor space, the quality department supports cutting-edge production and assembly of the ECO Disc with state- of-the-art measuring technology. A large number of new measur- ing methods and precision machines can be found here that are otherwise only featured in calibration laboratories. Function test rigs for example are used for final function testing with air gap controls and map tests so that any irregularities in the fully auto- mated assembly of the trailer disc brake can be detected immedi- ately and corresponding measures taken straightaway. Just one more reason why the company’s motto is “BPW – The Quality Factor”. BPW technicians are very strict about quality assurance. brake callipers for BPW’s ECO Disc trailer disc brake are manufac- tured on the average per day. 1,000  “For 2010 and 2011 we expect turnover to increase by 4 to 5 percent”, predicted BVL Chair- man Professor Raimund Klinkn- er at the German Logistics Con- gress in Berlin. After an extremely difficult year with an 8% decline in turnover, both turnover and em- ployment figures are now improv- ing again. The commercial vehicle industry is also seeing renewed growth. MAN for example recorded a 20% increase in turnover in the first nine months of this year, compared to last year. Logistics and HGV industry are growing again

trailer world issue Two 2010

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