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Full Visibility Per Item, Real-Time Operation Tracking on Rail Assembly

At Delphi Technologies' Izmir ESBAS Free Zone plant, individual traceability was provided for products on the rail assembly line across all machine operations.

Sector
Automotive
Location
Izmir ESBAS
Year
2015
Scope
Software and Integration
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Customer and Context

Individual product traceability on the rail assembly line

Delphi Technologies' Izmir ESBAS Free Zone plant manufactures for the automotive supplier industry. In this project, products on the rail assembly line were tracked individually across all machine operations.

The goal was to make operation-level status visible in real time and strengthen process follow-up and quality control.

Needs / Problems

Visibility gap in operation and status tracking

It was necessary to track, at individual-item level, which operation each rail-assembly product was in and its current status.

  • 01Need for Individual TrackingProducts had to be uniquely identified from the start and tracked across all operations.
  • 02Process Follow-up DifficultyLack of production progress and operation-status tracking made process management difficult.
  • 03Quality Control RiskVisibility gaps created delay and risk in quality-control decisions.
Solution

Operation-level individual tracking starting with pre-marking

Products were marked and uniquely identified before entering the rail assembly line. Across all machine operations, each product's operation and current status were recorded.

01

Pre-Marking

Products are marked before line entry and registered with unique identity.

02

Operation Recognition

Barcode readers recognize products at each station by operation.

03

Status Recording

Operation status and production level of each product are recorded in real time.

04

Visibility and Monitoring

Current status of each product in serial production becomes visible by operation.

Technology / Equipment Used

Barcode, PLC, and C# SCADA-based field infrastructure

READING

Barcode Readers

Recognize products by operation and trigger individual-traceability flow.

AUTOMATION

PLC Structure

Manages field flow, controls operation transitions, and ensures process consistency.

SOFTWARE

C# SCADA Application

Manages status monitoring, reporting, and Oracle data exchange.

PLATFORM

OnSuite Trace

Platform layer where traceability and process management are executed centrally.

Integrations

Central process management with Oracle

The system is integrated with Oracle; operation-level traceability and status data are shared with Oracle so the process is centrally monitored and managed.

Oracle IntegrationOperation and status data of products are shared with Oracle for centralized management.
OnSuite Trace ManagementIndividual product tracking and process visibility are managed end to end on OnSuite Trace.
Benefits / Results

End-to-end traceability at individual product level

Operation-Level Visibility

Status and production level of each item became visible by operation.

Easier Follow-up and Quality Control

By closing visibility gaps, production follow-up and quality control became easier.

Full Individual Tracking

Items were tracked with unique identity from line entry, achieving end-to-end traceability.

OnSuite Trace

Meet Our End-to-End Traceability Solution

OnSuite Trace allows you to manage all your production processes from a single platform. We provide end-to-end digital traceability for your business with the motto "Continuous Control, Zero Defects".

Would you like to improve individual product visibility on your assembly line?

Let us strengthen operation-level traceability with our barcode, SCADA, and OnSuite Trace-based solutions.

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