Smart Manufacturing
Raw Material Warehouse Upgrade for a New Energy Manufacturer
THE CHALLENGE
Challenge: growth is approaching the limits of the old model
Production lines run many material types with frequent changeovers. Fixed conveyors struggle to follow process changes, while manual forklifts bring collision and waiting risks.
The customer wanted to upgrade the warehouse without interrupting production, and to link raw material inventory with work order progress in real time.
THE SOLUTION
Solution: redesigning how people and systems work together
Pallet AMRs create a flexible handling network from the raw material warehouse to line-side buffers, delivering automatically to the production cadence and integrating with MES through Matrix8 in real time.
The project was rolled out in phases, starting with material supply for core lines and gradually extending to finished goods inbound, minimizing the impact on production.
Explore the related solutionResults: efficiency and experience, together
Material arrives on time
Deliveries are triggered automatically by work orders, significantly reducing line-side waiting for material.
A more flexible layout
Some fixed conveyors were removed, freeing space for line changes and equipment upgrades.
Transparent inventory
Work orders, pallets and storage locations are linked in real time, so management decisions rest on one set of data.
We no longer need to confirm over the radio where materials are. The system delivers the right material to the right place, at the right takt.
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