The Smart Factory Floor: Integrating Visual Inventory with Predictive Maintenance

Manufacturing Disruption

Step into any manufacturing facility in Coimbatore and you will witness amazing physical engineering. Ranging from forging machines to automated textile looms, all this hardware is top-of-the-line stuff. But the software running these machines is at least a decade old.

The weakest link in the factory is the disconnect between O&M and the warehouse.

If there is a problem with a machine, the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) technician identifies the issue as being an old hydraulic seal. They fill out a requisition paper form or WhatsApp the warehouse manager about it. The warehouse manager then looks up on their standalone Excel spreadsheet that they do not have any more stock of the required part and manually send an email to the procurement department.

All through this mess of communication, your production line is shut down. You are losing millions of rupees per hour simply because you cannot integrate your internal software systems.

> ERP Meets Visual Inventory

To ensure manufacturing without downtime, the factory floor needs to operate in tandem with the warehouse within one, natively integrated ecosystem. Such is the exact engineering strength of Isaii Integrated Business Management System from Isaii Technologies.

Using ERP, a factory integrates the Isaii O&M module with the Visual Inventory system.

• Predictive Parts Allocation: Instead of waiting for a machine to go down before deciding what to do about it, the O&M module takes note of engine run hours and telemetry. The AI makes a prediction that in 72 hours Machine 4 will require a new spindle bearing.

• Automated Ping to the Visual Inventory: As soon as the decision is made, the O&M module automatically reaches out to the Visual Inventory module, and reserves the spindle bearing at the appropriate spot in the warehouse.

• Visual Picking: Instead of wasting time looking for the right aisle in the warehouse, the technician receives an automatic visual map showing him/her where exactly the reserved part is located.

> Eliminating Unexpected Downtime

If you have software that operates in absolute sync, you move from reactive maintenance to uptime engineering. You do away with the panic search for replacement parts, and you make sure that your procurement team has all the necessary raw materials to ensure uninterrupted production.

Let no software silos cripple your manufacturing facility. Unify your production floor with Isaii software solutions today. Check out isaii.in to learn how the Isaii Operations & Maintenance and Visual Inventory modules operate seamlessly together.