Thanks to DSL, for providing the right industrial PC...

Blog Foreword:

Gemini work closely with DSL, who provide industrial PC's and design and support custom embedded PC's and solutions for a variety of markets. When we needed a technical solution it made complete sense to talk to the experts in this field. We knew we could trust DSL to deliver the right solution and product to enhance our IT requirements for our new MRP system. 

 

Manufacturing Management with Panel PCs

 

DSL were approached by Gemini Tec, a high complexity and fast turnaround CEMS who DSL regularly utilise – so the remit was mutually beneficial.

 

Client Objectives

Our client wished to computerise their production management, achieving the benefits most relevant to them detailed in our recent analysis of what can be achieved.

1. Simplify process and improve accuracy of task clocking in/out times and accessing ERP manufacturing software.
2. Supporting barcode scanners to automatically log production tasks via route cards
3. Locally view work instructions and drawings for manufacturing tasks and deliver messages to operators.
4. Restrict employees undertaking work they are not trained or assigned to complete
5. Using this data, analysing where efficiency improvements can be made.
6. Subsequently, analyse the effect of said efficiency improvements to derive their relative worth.
7. Understand overall efficiency of the migration itself (thus it’s own ROI) and those further improvements it has helped to monitor.
8. A solution that matched the mechanical constraints on site.

The key driver of this concept is of course to improve efficiency for client’s benefit, in terms of cost, yield and speed of manufacture – to increase competitive advantage.

 

Solution 

Based on Gemini Tec’s hardware requirements definition and budgets, DSL identified and supplied a proven industrial Panel PC platform that met their needs in its entirety – the PMX-090T

DSL identified the most appropriate Operating System (WES 2009) and created a pre-installed image which contained the components necessary to achieve GeminiTec’s requirement.
GeminiTec developed the integration software that drove the objectives listed above and finalised the platform such that it was fit for purpose.
Both DSL and Gemini Tec adhere rigidly to the standards set out by ISO 9001:2008 and the continual drive for improvements the standard dictates were driven forwards by this implementation.

 

A word from the happy client…

“DSL’s industrially suited and reliable hardware, combined with our own in house ERP manufacturing software have provided us a solid solution that has not only enabled us to monitor our manufacturing efficiency, but has made contributions itself” – Adam Harsant of Gemini Tec