Driverless trucks, known as AGVs, is a way to solve internal logistics, as here at Volvo Köping. But you have to keep an eye on the flows in the plant first.
Many companies spend a lot of time on truck transportation of both materials and finished products. But there is time, money and security to gain by minimizing these shipments. At the same time, many shipments avoided by factory layout to be reviewed. And to optimize the flow is always step one – before investing in automating transport.
The experts in Automationsnästet giving the advice you need to get started. They know what opportunities are available and how to act in order to achieve better profitability through clever internal logistics.
Researchers at Mälardalen University
first What are the challenges today with automating internal logistics?
internal logistics is not considered to value creation and despite its importance has been overlooked. Often lacking a clear responsibility and ownership for these activities, and traditionally internal logistics something that many businesses get stuck in contract to run rather than developing. Therefore often lack insight into how the internal logistic system actually performs, and more importantly – how the company wants it to perform. Something conditions for successful automation measures.
second How can automated internal logistics enhance the company’s production and competitiveness?
There is great potential gains by automating internal logistics, such as cost, lead time, ergonomics and quality. It requires, however, that automation is used correctly, to identify and select the right type, level and uses to achieve its goals. It is therefore important to ensure the production system as a whole and understand both conditions and needs. This is when the whole system operates and performs best as the major competitive advantages are achieved.
3rd What is the future and how do you start to automate their internal logistics?
There are many potential applications for automation in internal logistics. Having a good understanding and overview of their activities, and a clear vision is essential for successful automation. Therefore, dialogue with internal customers Centre. To have a vision and strategy, both for its internal logistics and the use of automation, providing good base for evaluation and decision, thereby supporting the development. To revise, adapt and develop their processes before automating is also important.
Managing Your Flow
first What are the challenges today with automating internal logistics?
The technology of auto transportation has gone beyond the level of maturity in most businesses. The challenge is to able to take the required steps and that provides the conditions for auto transport. You need to set up a vision of where they want and work from there. Some natural step is usually capped flow, standardization, balancing and pace. It is only when you perform these steps as auto transport adds productivity something.
second How can automated internal logistics enhance the company’s production and competitiveness?
Automatic transport in the right place is a cost effective solution and can be used in the lean development to go from chaotic driving truck for time-based livelihood systems and proached flows. Auto transport places greater demands on the organization, for example around standardized approach and robust processes. It is necessary to have created the right conditions in their production systems. And this affects their productivity in a positive way.
3rd What is the future and how do you start to automate their internal logistics?
To automate transportation in a business that is not optimized or automating transportation without strategy is just a waste. Start by identifying your feeds. Here is value stream mapping is a powerful tool that usually also sufficient. Perform the necessary improvements based on the results of value stream mapping. Only then they have created an “environment” where the auto-shipments may come into its own.
Project Logistics Development, Volvo GTO Powertrain Koping
first What are the challenges today with automating internal logistics?
The largest and most important challenge is to create understanding and change the mindset throughout the organization. In order to achieve profit by automating logistics flow must be set in relation to what the implementation cost will be, perhaps require a material handling system that enables management and creation of visual feeds. The technology of AGC’s, ie automatic “bearer” with the carriage, there, and we believe it relatively proven.
second How can automated internal logistics enhance the company’s production and competitiveness?
Automation provides process stability making it easier to calculate the flow and holding inventory. Scanners of various types enhances safety in the vicinity of pedestrians. The flows are visual while profit increases with decreasing labor needs. As the vehicles move slower, they wear is not as hard as manual trucks, resulting in longer life and lower maintenance costs. The systems are offering almost total control of maintenance costs.
3rd What is the future and how do you start to automate their internal logistics?
We believe that manual trucks have reached their peak of the development curve of efficiency. Automation with such AGC will more and more. Once you start, it’s easiest to start on a small scale, on a pilot area where the process is stable and easy to obtain a good overview. Take help if the home blindness can do that you can not see the big picture in its own flow and layouts. A thorough situation analysis is crucial Standardize the solution and spread throughout the organization.
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