Reduce transportation costs
Improve human-machine cooperation efficiency
AGV/AMR Automation System Integration Solution
Have you considered investing in a large ASRS systems (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems) to meet the fast and diverse shipping demands of consumers? The implementation of ASRS requires the construction of physical high-rise storage facilities, which costs hundreds of millions of dollars and requires a large amount of land. Taking into account the related investment costs, construction time, and payback period, the AGV/AMR automation system integration solution would be the best alternative. If you already have a standard rack storage warehouse, AGV/AMR can reduce warehouse staffing and improve logistics flow to gradually create an unmanned warehouse through digital transformation.
In addition to unmanned warehouses, AGV/AMR can also improve production flow in the manufacturing site, reducing waste in transportation and making production information transparent, to ensure that production plans are carried out. By connecting the factory and warehouse, the efficient connection of storage and retrieval and internal logistics in the factory will achieve one-stop automation, improve human-machine cooperation efficiency, and improve overall factory productivity.
AGV is suitable for manufacturing and warehouse applications such as indoor and outdoor short-distance point-to-point transportation and high-load, high-storage demand. AMR is suitable for high flexibility and flexible scheduling in indoor automated production lines and warehouse applications. NTT DATA helps companies build corresponding AGV/AMR automation system integration solutions based on demand. Through the built-in NTT DATA EXC-MES manufacturing execution system, it can be expanded into a comprehensive unmanned factory solution, effectively reducing operating costs and improving the competitiveness of the enterprises.
AGV/AMR Solution Architecture
By integrating the RCS (Robot control system) with ERP or EXC-MES (manufacturing execution system) and pairing with AGV/AMR and peripheral facilities such as environmental monitoring systems, elevators, etc., we improve material handling routes, reduce labor waste, realize production management, and improve production efficiency, in order to meet the demands of customers for small-volume, large-variety production and delivery.
Integration Benefits
By integrating AGV/AMR with EXC-MES (manufacturing execution system), the status of AGV/AMR can be monitored in real-time, reducing transportation costs, lowering the rate of workplace accidents, and increasing production efficiency.
Reference: Optical Coating Industry
Since 2021, NTT DATA has been assisting a leading optical coating company in digital transformation. To help the company accurately grasp the utilization rate of equipment and record a complete production history, NTT DATA implemented in an AGV automation system integration solution by phase, successfully increasing material handling efficiency by 33%, replacing 100% of the MGV manual carts, and completely replacing 10 manual material handling personnel, saving nearly NTD 10 million in labor costs.
We are honored to have the Chairman of Vactronics technologies inc., Mr. He (董事長何昆年), the Vice Chairman, Mr. Yang (董事長特助楊添福), and the Assistant Manager of the Manufacturing Department, Mr. Xu (製造部協理許文耀), to share their insights on this collaboration. What changes and breakthroughs have been made in Vactronics technologies inc.’s production site after NTT DATA implmented EXC-MES and AGV to achieve automation?
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Enhance AGV/AMR Performance
Able to customize automation equipment, such as loaders and unloaders or special precision alignment fixtures, which can be used to improve the performance of AGV/AMR applications.
AGV/AMR and equipment information exchange mechanism
Provide multiple information exchange mechanisms, such as PLC Base for exchanging messages through I/O Address, to help companies establish communication exchange mechanisms between AGV/AMR and equipment.
Security Protection Network
Work with clients to orchestrate the network security management mechanism between OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology), proactively predict and instantaneously alert, effectively prevent security attacks and threats.
AGV/AMR Enabling Software
RCS– Robot Control System
- Visualized Smart Dispatch System
- Connect up to 150 AGV/AMR automated guided vehicles for communication and task allocation
- Seamlessly integrates with MES, WMS, and various systems such as ERP, along with visual navigation modules to realize multi-model, cross-area dispatch
- In large-scale AGV/AMR dispatch scenarios, it realizes functions such as multi-vehicle dispatch, route planning, collision avoidance, task management, and data analysis.
Infrared AI Monitoring System – Environmental Monitoring System
- Through deep learning image recognition technology to achieve real-time detection of storage conditions
- Through big data and AI algorithms, it effectively recognizes and tracks objects such as goods, pallets, stacker cranes, and operators in the warehouse, and immediately shares object information to the warehouse management system and central control dispatch system to assist AGV/AMR automation operations.
- With infrared detection function, it can still perform real-time detection tasks under non-illuminated conditions, providing support for the equipment during night work, reducing operating costs.
- Suitable for all types of planar storage and cargo transportation scenes in warehouse logistics, production and manufacturing, aviation, etc.
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