OSRAM SYLVANIA Creates A More Efficient Manufacturing Process With I.D. Systems' Vehicle Management System

By I.D. Systems, Inc.

This case study focuses on the OSRAM SYLVANIA operations in Saint Mary's, Pennsylvania. This 450,000 sq. ft. facility is a warehouse, lamp manufacturing and packing plant for incandescent and halogen light bulbs. Industrial vehicles are used to unload raw materials, feed materials to production cells, take finished goods away from the production line, and finally load the finished goods.

The SYLVANIA team, led by Distribution Center Manager Rick Rupp and Project Engineer Ann Florio, identified several challenges that could be resolved with a Vehicle Management System (VMS). Specifically, SYLVANIA wanted to evaluate and size its fleet of lift trucks accordingly, while simultaneously increasing the efficiency of their fleet to create manufacturing line improvements and increase operator accountability.

SYLVANIA, in partnership with Hyster's Equipco Material Handling Solutions, reviewed several VMS solutions and discovered that the PowerFleet™ VMS from I.D. Systems best suited their enhancement needs.