Case Study: ZF Group achieves greater plant efficiency with Microsoft Dynamics 365

ZF Group - Customer Case Study

ZF Group, a global vehicle supplier with 188 production sites, needed a better way to unify manufacturing data and eliminate manual, time-consuming workflows across plants. Using Microsoft Dynamics 365-related digital transformation capabilities in a cloud strategy built on Microsoft Azure, ZF set out to improve efficiency, transparency, and connectivity in its production operations.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 was implemented as part of ZF’s Digital Manufacturing Platform, which connects machine data through Azure IoT, stores and analyzes it in Azure services, and presents KPIs in Power BI dashboards. The solution reduced manual reporting, improved maintenance response times, enabled faster machine integration, and helped prevent downtime; at the Diepholz pilot plant, employees now log production losses and monitor conditions in near real time, while the platform is already in use at 18 plants and is designed to scale across all 188 sites.

ZF Group

Joachim Sprinz

Program Manager IIoT – Digital Manufacturing Platform