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Optimizing traceability: Practical approaches to data-driven manufacturing

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IoT Use Case - b.telligent + FRÄNKISCHE
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Initial situation and challenge

Establishment of a central system for tracing the origins of components was of crucial importance to Fränkische Industrial Pipes (FIP). The aim was to record the production process from raw materials to delivery, in order to meet increasing requirements for transparency and at the same time proactively ensure product quality. Such a system must continuously link master, process and quality data to each individual product in order to create a digital representation of that product.

A key challenge for FIP initially was to further develop existent processes such that they enabled telemetry- and quality-data to be linked to products. In addition to the internal change process, this required a technologically flexible solution which could also be used to implement other use-cases and made available to internal as well as external stakeholders.

  • Dependence on multiple departments
  • Global connection of factories to the cloud platform
  • Technical interpretation of data
  • Quality of master data

About the client

FRÄNKISCHE Industrial Pipes (FIP) develops and produces customer-oriented, innovative solutions in the fields of fluid management and protection components, charging and storage applications as well as battery and thermal management for the automotive sector and industry. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the owner-managed FRÄNKISCHE Group, FIP is a globally active partner to renowned customers with locations in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The company is headquartered in Königsberg, Lower Franconia, Germany. The company, which was spun off from FRÄNKISCHE Rohrwerke in 2008, employs around 4,400 people worldwide.

Planned solution

The aim of the portal solution was to ensure effective traceability and digitize conventional production forming part of the process chain. To this end, the focus was not only on establishment of a robust cloud architecture, but also on digitization of the various production processes.

b.telligent portal solution

A flexible and highly scalable edge and cloud architecture enabled smooth integration of data into the various production processes. In the cloud, telemetry-data collected from the edge are now linked to ERP, MES, SCM and quality-data, and made available at the traceability portal. A central element of the architecture is the Azure Data Explorer which allows time-series data generated at globally distributed factories to be processed in near real-time and represented in the portal. In addition, it was important for the architecture to be flexible enough to process and store
different data types.

traceability portal overview: Time-series data, images, Documents, ERP, MES and SCM data

The database generated in this way forms a basis for presentation of the different areas and for searches in the portal solution:

Central search at the levels of individual components, articles and batches

Details about articles and production steps

Details about articles and
production steps

Screenshot b.telligent software
Screenshot b.telligent software

b.telligent's traceability portal has sustainably optimized our production processes. Their customized portal solution is a great asset for our company, internally as well as externally. They are more than a supplier - they are our strategic partner for innovation and
success.

Results and successes

The successful completion of the project allowed us to ensure comprehensive coverage of the manufacturing processes. We successfully integrated all collected sensor and image data, including data from traditional sources such as ERP, MES, and SCM. As a result, the customers of Fränkische Industrial Pipes can now use a productive portal that enables them to operate easily and save time.

1 Quality

Increase in the granularity of quality control and related automation. Combination of 8D-reports and sensor data.

2 Process optimization

Data-based, automated evaluation for minimizing rejects as well as optimizing production capacities and speeds.

3 Customer satisfaction

Fulfillment of contractual requirements. Interlinking of supply chains. Planning of subsequent production processes.

4 Regulations

Supply-chain directive, grade A, process-optimization guidelines, EU data act ...

The project has impressively shown that complete traceability is possible through digital transformation of production processes and connection of factories to the cloud, when a resolution to embrace change meets up with a great team at Fränkische Industrial Pipes.

Service at a glance

  • Project management for IoT connection and traceability solution

  • Design and setup of a scalable cloud solution

  • Cloud engineering based on b.telligent’s infrastructure-as-code framework

  • Data processing and integration of external systems with the help of b.telligent’s meta-factory

  • Development of a web application forming part of the traceability portal

Text taken from the original – b.telligent

In application

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