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Groupe Atlantic Busbar Traceability

At Groupe Atlantic's plant in Izmir Gaziemir ESBAS Free Zone, products carried on production busbars were tracked by operation up to packaging.

Sector
Metal
Location
Izmir Gaziemir ESBAS
Year
2018
Scope
Software and Integration
Groupe Atlantic Logo
Client and Context

End-to-End Tracking on Production Busbars

Groupe Atlantic manufactures towel warmers at its Izmir facility. In this project, products moving on production busbars were tracked operation by operation.

The goal was to maintain full product-busbar visibility up to packaging and improve process control.

Need / Problem

Visibility and control gaps in manual tracking

At every production stage, it had to be known which products were on which busbar and in which operation they were located.

  • 01Product-Busbar LinkManual methods made it hard to maintain a reliable product-busbar relationship across all stages.
  • 02Operational StatusLimited stage visibility created process control risks.
  • 03Traceability GapA digital structure was needed to ensure uninterrupted traceability up to packaging.
Solution

Operation-based digital busbar tracking

Production busbars were tracked and both product-busbar relationships and operation states were recorded in real time.

01

Code Reading

Busbars and products are scanned at operation transitions with field readers.

02

Operation Recording

The product-busbar relationship and operation status are updated instantly.

03

SCADA Processing

Tracking data is processed through the existing SCADA infrastructure.

04

Tracking to Packaging

Busbars and products are monitored continuously until packaging.

Technology / Equipment

Code readers, PLC, and OnSuite Trace

HARDWARE

Code Readers

Field readers scan busbars and products in real time.

AUTOMATION

PLC Field Control

PLC controls field flow and forwards data to the process layer.

SOFTWARE

SCADA Integration

All reads are processed in SCADA for operation-based traceability.

PLATFORM

OnSuite Trace

Traceability and process management are centralized on OnSuite Trace.

Integrations

Integrated with SCADA and ERP

The solution works integrated with the customer's SCADA and ERP systems. Busbar and product tracking data is processed in SCADA and shared with ERP.

SCADA IntegrationBusbar and product tracking data is processed through the existing SCADA system.
ERP CommunicationTraceability and production data are shared with ERP for centralized management.
Impact

Higher process visibility and control

Operation-Based Traceability

Busbars and products became traceable operation by operation up to packaging.

Product-Busbar Visibility

Product-busbar relationships and operation status became visible at each stage.

Reduced Manual Work

Reduced manual tracking needs strengthened process control and traceability.

OnSuite Trace

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