Track Robots In A Warehouse With Mobile Computers

Background
Grey Orange is a multinational firm that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced robots for automation at warehouses, distribution and fulfilment centres. The company required a solution which can track the assets in production facility.
 
Challenges

• How to maintain assets such as equipment, machines, and tools which could impact the production.

• Eliminate the machines failure and unanticipated events.

• Replace the time consuming process of manual assets tracking.

• Unreliable data of assets

 
Solution
The company associated with Chainway as a solution partner. Chainway C4000 is used for assets tracking solution for a manufacturing facility. The asset was labelled with barcode which contain main information such as location, condition, purchase date, value, custodian, last maintenance. To realize the maintenance service, an authorized person can use Chainway device to read the barcode on the equipment, and barcode information and the maintenance date then are recorded. If there is a problem, the maintenance man takes pictures with C4000; if they need further examination, the maintenance man also take notes in mobile computer. The final result of the service can be updated to the database on real-time basis.
 
Effects

• It empowers the management to determine the best time to take the assets down for maintenance.

• The solution helps in decision making on production requirements and schedules.

• It takes in account the availability of certain assets or equipment to work on specific time.

• It considers the parts and tools required for maintenance task.

• Unexpected and preventive maintenance plan can be prepared.

• It enhances data accuracy and efficiency.

 
PDA Configuration
P/N: C4000
Functions: 2D, camera