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	e-tailer BAUR increases warehouse efficiency

e-tailer BAUR increases warehouse efficiency

Technology Category	Automation & Control - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Remote Control
Challenge	BAUR has 3 large, fully automated logistics departments at three locations in Germany, responsible for controlling warehouse receiving docks, high-rack storage machinery, conveyor belts and sorting technology. BAUR wants to improve warehouse operation. Read More
About Customer	As a market leader in the service and maintenance of electrical power distribution systems and their components, BAUR has been making a significant contribution to efficient and problem-free power supply around the world for 70 years. Read More
Customer Name	BAUR Read More
Solution	BAUR is using EXTEND7000 to improve its warehouse operations by allowing the monitoring and control of automated processes to be extended to an ordinary mobile device, smartphone or tablet. EXTEND7000 is a mobile application which routes information between the central automated / maintenance systems and mobile devices. It applies additional logic to the users, user groups, user rights, message lters, escalation schemes, and team workows. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Alarms For Automated Applications, Operation Performance, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Production Efficiency Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Automation & Control - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA)

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Remote Control

Challenge

BAUR has 3 large, fully automated logistics departments at three locations in Germany, responsible for controlling warehouse receiving docks, high-rack storage machinery, conveyor belts and sorting technology. BAUR wants to improve warehouse operation.

About Customer

As a market leader in the service and maintenance of electrical power distribution systems and their components, BAUR has been making a significant contribution to efficient and problem-free power supply around the world for 70 years.

Customer Name

BAUR

Solution

BAUR is using EXTEND7000 to improve its warehouse operations by allowing the monitoring and control of automated processes to be extended to an ordinary mobile device, smartphone or tablet. EXTEND7000 is a mobile application which routes information between the central automated / maintenance systems and mobile devices. It applies additional logic to the users, user groups, user rights, message lters, escalation schemes, and team workows.

Data Collected

Alarms For Automated Applications, Operation Performance, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, Production Efficiency

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Labor] Avoiding unnecessary walkways, improving the efficiency of staff deployment and saving time enable employees to increase productivity.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] Problems are indicated to line operators when the condition of a device or associated equipment changes beyond predetermined limits.
Impact #3	[Efficiency Improvement - Operation] EXTEND7000 can function as a SCADA backup in the event of a WinCC failure.

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Labor]
Avoiding unnecessary walkways, improving the efficiency of staff deployment and saving time enable employees to increase productivity.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
Problems are indicated to line operators when the condition of a device or associated equipment changes beyond predetermined limits.

Impact #3

[Efficiency Improvement - Operation]
EXTEND7000 can function as a SCADA backup in the event of a WinCC failure.

Benefit #1	Employee efficiency increasing by 15%.
Benefit #2	The company's support telephone call costs reduced by 60%.

Benefit #1

Employee efficiency increasing by 15%.

Benefit #2

The company's support telephone call costs reduced by 60%.

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e-tailer BAUR increases warehouse efficiency

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