How Azumuta is Shaping Atlas Copco’s Smart Future
As manufacturers face challenges requiring more agile ways of working, many companies are slow to adopt modern production methods. However, Atlas Copco, world leader in industrial applications, has embraced this transformation. Leveraging Azumuta’s connected worker platform, Atlas Copco’s Airtec division has evolved into a smart factory, integrating digital and paperless operations that enhance both efficiency and flexibility.
Atlas Copco, originally founded in Sweden, leads the market worldwide in the development of industrial B2B applications, including compressors, vacuum solutions, generators, pumps, motors, and power tools. The Airtec division in Wilrijk, Belgium, serves as the global headquarters for their compressor division, with over 3,000 employees producing critical components. This division has transformed from a traditional manufacturing operation into a smart factory by leveraging Azumuta’s connected worker platform.
Paperless Production Environment
“At Airtec, we’ve been working for over a decade to transition from a classic manufacturing company into a smart factory,” says Johan Dom, Vice President of Process Engineering at Atlas Copco. “This doesn’t mean removing people from the process, but rather evolving into a collaborative production environment where people and machines work together digitally and paperlessly. We needed a solution that could capture quality data and communicate it in real time to our operators and technicians. Azumuta provided the flexible, open environment we needed to integrate with all other aspects of our manufacturing processes.”
The benefits of Azumuta’s platform are clear. Before, quality control was performed on paper, with no feedback provided to the operators. Now, with Azumuta, feedback is immediate and actionable on the shop floor, significantly improving quality assurance and highlighting the importance of the tasks performed by operators. This combination of factors is one of the key reasons why Azumuta is the ideal partner for Atlas Copco as they continue to meet today’s challenges while maintaining top-quality standards and responding quickly to changing market conditions.
Operational efficiency is one of our most important KPIs and that’s why we chose Azumuta.
Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
Azumuta’s digital work instructions have provided a key advantage in the ongoing war for talent. The platform is so user-friendly that no extensive technical background is required for new hires. “Hire for attitude, train for skill” has long been Atlas Copco’s approach to recruitment, and Azumuta’s software enables new employees to get up to speed quickly. Wendy Rooms, an assembly operator at Atlas Copco Airtec, shares her experience: “After 30 years in window decoration and textiles, I was ready for a change. Despite not having any technical training, I applied at Atlas Copco, and thanks to Azumuta, I’ve been working here for almost a year. The software allows me to learn at my own pace, and the instructions are always there to support me, even if I haven’t done a specific task for a while.”
Azumuta’s platform streamlines training processes, offering scalability and ease of use. It has empowered employees of all skill levels to seamlessly transition into digital workflows. As a result, Azumuta’s software has played a crucial role in enhancing Atlas Copco’s agility and operational excellence.
