Revolutionizing Logistics
in Manufacturing
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing industry, efficient logistics are essential for production and timely delivery. However, many companies struggle with complexity and inefficiency due to diverse interfaces, heterogeneous systems, rigid programming requirements, and fragmented processes.
These challenges hinder automation efforts, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies. Implementing a future-oriented solution that addresses these issues can greatly enhance flexibility, efficiency, and responsiveness in manufacturing logistics.
Challenges
Today’s Market Situation
The manufacturing industry is constantly and rapidly evolving, with logistics playing a crucial role in ensuring efficient production and timely delivery. However, the current state of logistics processes in many companies is marked by complexity and inefficiency. This situation leads to several key challenges:
Diverse interfaces and protocols
The variety of interfaces and protocols used in different systems creates barriers to effective communication and data exchange, resulting in inefficiencies and potential errors.
Heterogeneous system landscapes
The mix of different systems and technologies necessitates specialized expertise for each, making it difficult to find and retain the specialized talents to manage and maintain these systems.
Rigid systems that demand high programming
Existing systems are often inflexible and require significant programming effort to modify, leading to long delays whenever changes or updates are needed.
Fragmented processes hinder progress
Disconnected and piecemeal processes prevent the smooth automation and integration of logistics operations, reducing overall efficiency and effectiveness.
Resulting Problems
Fragmented OT landscape leads to problems
Manufacturing companies face significant hurdles in automating their logistics processes due to the diverse and complex nature of their systems, incl. Interfaces, protocols and data. The need for specialized expertise, coupled with the rigidity of existing systems, leads to inefficiencies, increased costs, and prolonged changeover times.
These issues hamper the ability to adapt quickly to market demands and streamline operations effectively.
The Solution
A flexible and future-oriented automation solution
Unified Interfaces and Protocols: Implementing a single platform that supports multiple interfaces and protocols, reducing complexity and facilitating seamless communication.
Low-Code Solutions: Utilizing low-code platforms that allow for easier and faster programming, enabling non-specialists to make changes and updates efficiently.
Reusable Resources and Process Sequences: For process automation, resources and processes need only be defined once and can be reused across various processes and systems, enhancing flexibility and reducing redundancy.
Live Interaction and Automation: Enabling live interaction with systems for real-time changes and updates, eliminating the need for intermediate steps and allowing for immediate implementation of planned automation.
How Ascon Systems can help
Ascon AIM and Ascon Qube ensure smooth logistic processes
Ascon Systems addresses the challenges of rigid production processes and logistics inefficiencies through comprehensive IT/OT integration, creating standardized interfaces and process automation. This enables our customers to plan any processes, be it logistics or production, independently of hard- or software limitations.
Having a unified and accessible resource and process library for digital automation allows to speed up production and logistic operations manyfold.
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Benefits
What are Key Benefits?
Increased Efficiency
Faster and easier changes and updates as there is no need to think and work in different programming languages or codes.
Resource Optimization
Resources, such as Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) or other OT equipment, are created and defined once in the automation software and can be reused for multiple processes in the entire system, maximizing their utility and reducing costs.
Process Standardization
Process tasks and sequences from any resource are standardized, which means they can be reused, ensuring consistency and reducing the time and effort required for implementation.
Enhanced Flexibility and Responsiveness
Live interaction capabilities enable real-time changes to processes, allowing companies to quickly adapt to new requirements and market conditions without prolonged downtime.
