The cars producer Porsche is managing parts of its logistics within the Zuffenhausen plant, and these are now managed by means of the MHP FleetExecuter. The procedure automation is planned to increase effectiveness and versatility in production.
WEBWIRE — Monday, March 25, 2024
This is the very first time in the business history that a centralised fleet management system has actually been utilized. Integrated into the existing IT facilities, this cloud option remains in usage at the primary plants in Zuffenhausen, where it acts as a practical core for automating the logistics procedure. More roll-outs are planned in the near future for making the Taycan. Strategies consist of various jobs in which an overall of a number of hundred lorries will be released in numerous AGV fleets with over 300 functions. The Porsche AG subsidiary MHP is accountable for seeking advice from, execution, item advancement, service and assistance.
MHP FleetExecuter collaborates lifts, gates and systems at Porsche
There are presently 27 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) performing as much as 1600 product transportations each day – consisting of filling runs – over a range of 750 metres. The MHP FleetExecuter collaborates numerous brand-new and older possessions, such as lifts, high-speed doors and existing systems. The AGVs likewise work out 4 automated gates, a double lift system and 4 converging third-party systems en path in between the numerous high-bay racks.
Henning Hiebsch, Partner and Business Owner FleetExecuter at MHP states: We are handling an entirely brand-new kind of architecture here. In order to fulfill the private requirements at Porsche, we have actually set up and boosted the service to totally ensure process-critical production supply to 100 percent. Regardless of its technical intricacy, its usage stays user-friendly for the operator. To this end, the application was digitally designed and simulated totally ahead of time and after that physically evaluated in the MHPLab, an MHP test location in Ludwigsburg, in addition to in a customer-friendly cloud facilities. As an outcome, the software application might be taken into operation simply a couple of months after the task was begun.
Marc Lsken, Head of Porsche Brand Logistics includes: I am happily shocked that the task left to such an effective start regardless of the brief realisation time of simply 9 months. 4 celebrations with 100 individuals were associated with the job and a variety of connections needed to be made to internal and external systems. Regardless of this, the FleetExecuter was able to go into automated operation on time. Plants 2 and 3 at Porsche in Zuffenhausen went reside in June 2023. 10 more jobs will follow, consisting of in Bau 70, the assembly hall for the Porsche Taycan, where brand-new AGVs will be supporting production supply.
Increasing performance by as much as 20 percent
The MHP FleetExecuter completely makes use of the capacity in intralogistics: the software application can increase effectiveness by approximately 20 percent. It provides more openness and strength on Porsches store flooring, supplying the basis for enhanced procedures. It can likewise be utilized to accomplish trustworthy system schedule: the MHP FleetExecuter is geared up with a range of unique and emergency situation functions that ensure a high level of fault tolerance. Expenses can likewise be decreased through process-optimised energy management, for instance, resulting in a quick roi.
Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG: “By utilizing the MHP FleetExecuter, we are a lot more effective and versatile in our internal plant logistics. It permits us to manage our ever-increasing variety of driverless transportation systems exactly. At the exact same time, the software-controlled transportation systems permit us to eliminate some journeys formerly made by HGVs therefore make a contribution to sustainability.
A full-service company thanks to the MHP FleetExecuter
As business are significantly utilizing Automated Guided Vehicles to optimise their intralogistics, cross-manufacturer software application is required for fleet management to make sure that AGVs from various makers can all be managed. Management and IT consultancy MHP has actually released FleetExecuter, a cloud service that does simply that: Centralised and combined control of a companys whole fleet regardless of the maker – and similarly regardless of the interaction user interface, information source and the specific systems degree of automation.
The combination of FleetExecuter is a prime example of how MHP is changing itself from a speaking with business into a full-service IT and software application service provider. Considering that spring 2023, MHP has actually been using software-as-a-service options (SaaS options) together with innovation and market partners. These consist of the MHP FleetExecuter, among the very first software from the brand-new Industrial Cloud Solutions (ICS) portfolio. These ICS items include all the experience and thorough competence of MHP and its different partners. Business from the automobile, production and logistics sectors get tried-and-tested, ready-to-use software, which allow them to digitalise their procedures with really little effort. The private options are continuously being established and enhanced, as has actually held true over the previous 2 years with MHPs digital fleet management service, which has actually made a considerable leap forward considering that Porsche granted the agreement. Following the very first evidence of idea, the go-live has actually now occurred at Porsche – with orders put throughout the whole worth chain.
You can discover more in-depth details on the MHP FleetExecuterhere
About MHP
As an innovation and service partner, MHP has actually been digitizing the procedures and items of its around 300 movement and production sector clients worldwide for 27 years and supplying assistance for their IT improvements along the whole worth chain. For the management and IT consultancy, something is particular: digitization is among the most significant levers on the course to a much better tomorrow. This is why the Porsche AG subsidiary supplies both functional and tactical consulting in locations such as consumer experience and labor force change, supply chain and cloud options, platforms and environments, huge information and AI, along with Industry 4.0 and smart items. Headquartered in Germany, the consultancy runs worldwide with subsidiaries in the USA, the UK, Romania and China. More than 4,500 MHP staff members are unified by their pursuit of quality and sustainable success. It is this goal that will continue to drive MHP – today and in the future.
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