Requirement:
Speed up and streamline the supply process and storage of materials in the warehouse
Solution:
Interconnecting vertical warehouses with
the enterprise management system
Time is, in fact, one of the key differentiators from the competition and in the eyes of potential customers. Meeting, before others, with a quality product, the needs of the market is, therefore, an added value, to which the customer is also willing to pay a higher price.
The more enterprises gain time on their processes, the more they will gain on time! How do you speed up processes, gaining time and gaining on time?
Very often, we are faced with operational and low-value-added activities, but necessary and preparatory for other tasks and to complete the entire work/production process. Relying on time management techniques, we can manage time, but not speed it up! However, a solution to smooth the whole process and speed it up, gaining valuable time, exists!
The solution is the digitization of operational activities.
Thus, you will have more time for strategic and higher value-added activities for the customer, who, satisfied, will be willing to pay a higher price for our product!
What operational activities to start with?
Digitization of operational activities can also begin in small steps, as with Manieri Automazioni, which, through software solutions by Digimark, has made the entire production process fluid and gained time.
The company Manieri Automazioni, which specializes in the design and construction of electrical panels, accompanied by a varied range of services, presents itself as one of the most solid realities in the field of industrial automation. Being able to rely on outstanding professional figures, the company now has valuable know-how that is the basis of its competitiveness.
OBJECTIVE AND CRITICALITY
The goal was to make the purchasing process, logistics and, consequently, the entire production process smoother and faster.
To make its processes more efficient, Manieri Automazioni has adopted two Modula Slim vertical automatic warehouses. These enable it to safely, quickly, and flexibly store materials and components useful for the fabrication of electrical panels. However, although the two machines reduce picking time, one gap remains: synchronization of the company’s ERP database with that of the Modula Slim vertical automatic warehouses.
Prior to Digimark’s intervention, this gap was filled by manually updating the databases of the two machines and the management software, which was very time-consuming and valuable for carrying out strategic and value-based activities.
THE SOLUTION: a software for digitizing operational activities.
Automatic synchronization of the Modula Slim vertical automated warehouse database and the management database via the Data Interchange Module, MID by Digimark.
The MID by Digimark is software used to make any type of machine/plant talk to each other, regardless of the different communication protocol.
For Manieri Automatizioni, after targeted consulting, Digimark customized the MID software so that it could interconnect the two machines/warehouses with the company’s management system.
OPERATION
The MID reads the data in the Modula Slim vertical automated warehouse database at regular intervals and compares it with the data in the management software.
If the data in the Modula and on the management system do not match, the MID detects material and component movements that have not yet been tracked, immediately updating the company’s management program.
The data transfer flow is not only in the Modula versus management direction, but also vice versa. In fact, the MID, with a simple click, makes it possible to insert, in the Modula automated warehouse database, new item master data, already previously loaded in the management system.
what BENEFITS with the digitization of operational acts
- Eliminates the time-consuming manual task of updating data;
- It reduces the process time of purchasing, logistics and the entire production process: thus, it allows to respond,in a timely manner and before competitors, to the needs of customers, who, satisfied, will pay a higher price for the product;
- ability to derive in real-time the number of pieces in stock and eventually proceed with purchase;
- allows the business to speed up and gain time to devote to strategic and customer-value activities;
- unique database of materials and components in the company always updated WITHOUT errors;
- Automatic tracking of material and component movements in your management software.
Digitize Operational activities to save time and add value. It also takes advantage of government incentives for digital transformation of enterprises.
