Integrated Process Automation (IPA)

Optimization of the operations within an intralogistics project
Start Date
2018
Industry
Logistic & Supply Management
ISD members involved
7
Status
Ongoing
Location
The Netherlands

Technologies & Frameworks

.NET Core      AngularJS    VUE    Redis

PostgreSQL    Docker

About the company & IPA project

Inther Group is an international hybrid system integrator, specialized in automation solutions for picking, packing, storage and sorting goods in warehouses worldwide for customers in fine-meshed distribution.

Inther requested ISD support for the implementation of IPA project that aims to optimize and consolidate the logistics project operations in a single system and create synergies that reduce the overall cost of the project.

The Challenge

The main goal of the IPA project was to establish a system that would improve and optimize the implementation of an intralogistics project. A project in intralogistics usually involves a series of complex operations and interventions at different stages, like engineering design, PLC engineering, software development etc.

The need was to develop a system that would improve the processes, thus reducing costs and time for the implementation of a project in intralogistics.

The Result

The system optimizes the coding time and reduces human interaction, thus errors that might occur. There are 3 components the system is based on: 1) a dashboard – main web app used to configure the data library and work with the data imported from plugins, export it for the own needs of users, 2) the AutoCAD plugin – used to retrieve data from ACAD layout and importing it to IPA and 3) TIA Service – used for generating PLC code based on data library and data from ACAD.

The Solution

The main challenges and solution that were analyzed were related to:

  • Autocad data extraction and re-usage
  • Generation of PLC basic code
  • E-plan (mechanical & electrical engineering) scheme
  • Basic modules (conveyers) storage base and reuse tool
  • One single environment to store and move the project data and
    perform project operations
  • Bill of Materials/Sales list generation

The developed system included all these components improvement. It facilitates the information flow during the project, through data importing, format conversion, data storage, and display in different forms for different groups of users from different departments involved in the logistic project operations, such as design, PLC automation, mechanical & electrical engineering etc.

3 Backend Developers, 2 Frontend Developers, 1 QA, 1 UX Designer were involved in the implementation of the project.

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