ERP Lands Starring Role in Intelligent Manufacturing

[...]even smaller manufacturers are finding it much easier to reduce the lag that has existed in the upward flow of information from operations to business systems. With new equipment, the operational extensions capitalize on the well-established industrial communications standards that are driving...

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Published inAutomation World
Main Author Koelsch, James R
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago PMMI Media Group 01.04.2019
Subjects
Access to information
Artificial intelligence
Automation
Decision making
Enterprise resource planning
Manufacturing
Sensors
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Summary:[...]even smaller manufacturers are finding it much easier to reduce the lag that has existed in the upward flow of information from operations to business systems. With new equipment, the operational extensions capitalize on the well-established industrial communications standards that are driving IIoT and are found in today’s human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and products for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). In response to both a growing resilience of pests to conventional pesticides and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, Anticimex has developed a line of digital traps equipped with IoT sensors and cameras to control rodents. Besides using an IFS Applications ERP system to manage its manufacturing operations, the company also relies on the system to coordinate the technicians who service the installed base of traps. The IoT module has also given Anticimex another way to cut costs and improve service. Besides indicating whether the traps are full, the sensors also track battery power to report which batteries are running low and need recharging.
ISSN:1553-1244