Axelot WMS is implemented at the Installation Foam warehouse in Ryazan

2024

Automation of the Installation Foam Warehouse in Ryazan

TechnoNICOLE, together with AXELOT, automated the warehouse of finished products of the Installation Foams business unit in Ryazan. Axelot announced this on July 10, 2024. During the project, in addition to the AXELOT WMS functionality already implemented at other TECHNONICOL sites, the ability to photograph the appearance of the assembled product using mobile terminals was added.

TECHNONICOL has been cooperating with AXELOT for many years, and gradually more and more business units of the Corporation are implementing AXELOT WMS in their warehouses. In 2024, for the first time, the system was launched at the finished product warehouse of the Assembly Foams division.

The introduction of AXELOT WMS at the Installation Pen warehouse in Ryazan made it possible to speed up acceptance from production and from other business units, now it is carried out in one action - scanning the barcode. Warehouse personnel use data collection terminals for all operations, which are authorized before starting work tasks, therefore, AXELOT WMS records information about who performed the action on a particular product and when. For warehouse personnel at the terminal, prompts are displayed, thanks to which operations are carried out exactly as AXELOT WMS planned them, which means that they are unmistakable and optimal.

Throughout the years of use in various TECHNONICOL business units, the AXELOT WMS solution is regularly "overgrown" with additional functionality settings that make it even more universal and better adapted to the needs of the Corporation.

Thus, during the automation project of the warehouse of the Installation Foams business unit in Ryazan, functionality was implemented for photographing goods during the selection. The storekeeper uses a mobile terminal to photograph the collected products and, in case of complaints from counterparties, you can contact the photo archive and check which goods were shipped and in what condition.

As of June 2024, the warehouse of finished products of the Assembly Foams business unit was automated. Upon completion of the modification of the TECHNONICOL API in terms of interaction with the AXELOT WMS Plant Base, WMS will also be launched in the raw materials and materials warehouse. Since the business processes on these sites are identical, the launch promises to be simple and fast. AXELOT will provide all necessary support to ensure that the Corporation has the maximum effect of automation.

Replication of Axelot WMS X5 at Jurga warehouse

TechnoNICOLE replicated the AXELOT WMS solution at the next regional distribution center, this time in Jurga. Axelot (Axelot) announced this on June 17, 2024.

The regional distribution center TECHNONIKOL in Yurga was built as part of the development of the [logistics' logistics]] infrastructure of TECHNONIKOL in Siberia. From here, the Corporation supplies construction and finishing materials for completing the constructs of the foundation, facade and roof of industrial, civil and private buildings to trading departments in Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Omsk and Tomsk.

TECHNONICOL uses information technology for both production management and logistics management. This allows the corporation to maintain high efficiency of enterprises and quality of products. To solve the problem of automation of logistics processes, TECHNONIKOL has been choosing AXELOT WMS for many years. More than 12 warehouses of the Corporation use the AXELOT solution, and the RRC PPK warehouse in Yurga has joined them. The total area of ​ ​ the warehouse is 10,500 square meters. m., This includes an open area, a hangar, a warm warehouse and a frame shelter.

The experience gained in the course of past joint projects allowed AXELOT and TECHNONICOL to create a replicable solution that can be easily adapted to the peculiarities of cargo turnover of different business units of the Corporation. This, as well as the acquired competencies of TECHNONICOL specialists, allow the Corporation to independently replicate and solve typical tasks during implementation. As an example, at the launch stage of AXELOT WMS in the warehouse in Jurga, the presence of the AXELOT project team was not required, and there was enough remote support.

Integration is carried out through an already configured standard exchange using the TECHNONICOL API. AXELOT WMS automatically transmits to the corporate information system data on the actual movement of goods at various stages of cargo processing.

Cooperation between AXELOT and TECHNONICOL continues - both in the framework of the task of automating warehouses, replicating AXELOT WMS and equipment supplies, and in the development of more global plans, for example, the introduction of robotic technologies and complex solutions for logistics management.

2023: Replication of Axelot WMS X5 at a warehouse in Ryazan

TechnoNICOLE replicated AXELOT WMS at a warehouse in Ryazan. Axelot (Axelot) announced this on December 4, 2023.

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Since 2018, TECHNONIKOL, together with AXELOT, has been conducting a large-scale project to automate warehouse logistics of the enterprise based on the AXELOT WMS system. The companies have already automated a significant number of sites and continue to cooperate - both in terms of equipment supplies and in terms of the development and replication of WMS.

Recently, the company completed the construction of a larger warehouse, which required the replication of AXELOT WMS, and AXELOT specialists completed this task together with the TECHNONICOL project team.

The launched warehouse site in Ryazan is almost twice as large as the previous ones, previously automated by AXELOT specialists and performs the functions of a distribution center. Its area is 30,000 square meters. m, about 2500 SKU of products from various divisions of the company are processed here.

Replication was carried out as a full-fledged project with an analysis of all future processes in the warehouse. The AXELOT specialists collected all the necessary information and configured the system according to new processes, after which, together with the TECHNONIKOL specialists, they tested the developed solution.

As a result of joint testing, the system was maximally tested and prepared, which made it possible to avoid most critical problems during the launch into commercial operation.

The functionality of the system was transferred to the site in full, while preserving all improvements and integrated with the CIS using the TECHNONICOL API. A feature of the project was the integration of AXELOT WMS with the conveyor, which is equipped with a new warehouse.

AXELOT specialists have developed an exchange between WMS and WCS, so that AXELOT WMS can exchange data with the pipeline about which most optimal point of the conveyor it is necessary to deliver pallet to for subsequent placement in the rack using a narrow-pass stacker. Thus, the pipeline acts as a delivery tool to the intermediate point defined by the WMS The use of the conveyor provides a number of advantages, such as reducing labor costs for the delivery of products to the storage place, improving safety by reducing the movement of loading equipment through the territory of the enterprise, as well as reducing the impact of the human factor on the placement and selection processes.

The collaboration between Technonicol and AXELOT continues. The joint plans of the companies include the implementation of other projects aimed at improving the efficiency of logistics and labor productivity at warehouse sites.

2022: Introduction of Axelot WMS X5 at TechnoNICOLE Shinglas warehouse in Ryazan

On March 28, 2022, AXELOT announced that TechnoNICOLE-Construction Systems now uses AXELOT's WMS warehouse to organize the work - the system operates at the warehouse of a modern enterprise for the production of flexible tiles TECHNONIKOL SHINGLAS in Ryazan.

According to the company, the warehouse area is 16,000 square meters. m, which fall on closed warehouses and an open area for storing products.

The key goals of the project were to optimize performance indicators, optimize logistics processes, and relieve the burden associated with accounting for logistics processes from the corporate system by transferring these functions to WMS.

Within the framework of the project, a mechanism was developed for managing flights both for receipts to the warehouse and for shipment from the warehouse - the system, AXELOT WMS X5 based on the available information planned deliveries, sends signals to the security console to initiate launch into the territory transport of the funds. A similar process applies when a vehicle leaves the plant. All this helped to optimize the processes of acceptance and shipment.

WMS also supports accounting for virtual warehouses from the corporate system - all movements between zones are reflected in the corporate system in the form of documents "Movement of goods." Document printing is implemented by querying data through the integration mechanism, that is, printing forms are formed on the side of the corporate system, and printing on the side of WMS.

Also interesting is the implemented process of assembling orders in accordance with the requirements of customers of the DIY sector with the formation of SSCC codes for cargo items and automatic distribution of the order to future pallets. Thus, even before planning the flight, it is already known how many pallets there will be, and what pallet will be on after assembly. WMS integration with the enterprise information system is implemented using the API.

One of the tasks of the implementation was to keep the current integration scheme unchanged, since it is already used by all the company's warehouses that were previously put into commercial operation. Due to the individual approach to each solved problem, it was possible to more than double the current integration functionality, while maintaining a unified solution for everyone and not affecting the work of other departments.

This approach was also applied in terms of business processes: plant-specific processes were implemented in such a way as to preserve the possibility of centralized development of the solution used. Optimization of existing business processes is one of the key achievements of the implemented project. The use of WMS has helped not only to minimize errors in operations, but also to monitor the work discipline of employees.

Earlier in the warehouse, the business process of assembling pallets for orders implied the opportunity for the performer to take any pallet with the necessary goods, which led to the fact that the older goods could remain in the warehouse, and the customer was shipped more "fresh." Now WMS allows you to strictly control which pallet is taken on order by the performer. The appearance of "forgotten" old pallets is excluded.

Before the introduction of WMS in the business process of placing goods, there was no clear principle of fixing the final location of the placed pallet, as a result of which it could be listed as remaining in one cell, and stand in a completely different one. A large number of remnants on the street site did not correspond to their locations in reality, which also led to the shipment of the wrong pallets that were needed. Now, when placing, the final place is fixed on the shipping documentation. Also, before automation, not all made movements in the warehouse were, in principle, recorded in the corporate system, for example, replenishment of the piece assembly zone. Accordingly, sometimes there was no accurate information about the presence, quantity and location of some goods. Now each action with the product is recorded in the system using shipping documentation, which made it possible to exclude the occurrence of such inaccuracies.

Before putting the system into commercial operation, it was decided to carry out an additional sandbox stage, in which each process in the warehouse was closed separately and then in aggregate according to a special checklist. The operability of the implemented mechanisms was monitored by employees of both the warehouse itself and the IT customer's department. In addition, the warehouse independently carried out "test runs" in order to immerse as many people as possible in work and cover as many processes as possible in testing. The result of thorough preparation, carried out training and test run-in of key processes was the launch of the warehouse into operation in just 2 days.

The implementation of AXELOT WMS X5 made it possible to optimize the accuracy of operations. The acceptance and shipment processes have been optimized, including by automating the process of managing vehicle queues.

2019: Automation of the warehouse complex in Ryazan

The warehouse complex in Ryazan is a large area, the area of ​ ​ which is more than 100,000 square meters. m Manufactured products are stored mainly in open areas.

Due to the large area of ​ ​ the automated object and the height of storage of pallets up to 6 meters in the warehouse, it was impossible to use Wi-Fi: the signal was shielded, and installing Wi-Fi points on such an area in each passage and maintaining their performance would require large financial costs.

The way out of this situation was the use of shipping documentation with a 4G module, with tunneling directly into the plant's network from the mobile network. In addition to eliminating coverage problems, this option made it possible to significantly reduce costs - payment at the tariffs of a mobile operator turned out to be more profitable. At the same time, the implemented data transmission technologies work stably even at 2G, so the operation of the warehouse does not depend on the speed of the mobile Internet.

The next feature associated with storing goods in an open area is that in winter, pallets can be covered with snow, and it is impossible to scan the barcode of the destination cell. In such cases, the WMS allows the cell to be identified by scanning one of the neighboring cells.

Due to the fact that there are many putaway plans from production in the warehouse at the same time, the putaway process itself is actually carried out without plans. To avoid downtime caused by possible discrepancies in the receiving documents, the production is simply put into stock after scanning the barcodes. Reconciliation of goods is already carried out by the corporate information system of the plant, and discrepancies are recorded after the fact.

The acceptance of products from other plants is carried out according to the same principle - since all these products are produced by TECHNONIKOL, there is no need to document the underdelivery or re-delivery of goods. In addition, the process of receiving goods from other plants has been simplified: if a truck of the same pallets has arrived at the warehouse, then you do not need to enter the batch number and production date of each pallet - you can accept "according to the template" of the first accepted pallet when all the information necessary for accounting has been recorded.

The mechanism for accepting items according to the cross-docking method has been implemented. Barcodes are used from an external system. The method allows you to ship complex flights - not only the products of a specific plant, but also other factories of the company located in Ryazan. This method is convenient for customers - they do not have to travel to the sites of different factories, since all TECHNONIKOL products can be obtained in one place.

The process of "smart" planning of overpasses was implemented at the warehouse. If there are several types of products in the order, then WMS itself determines what is more convenient to ship from and where - the optimal rack is selected taking into account the distance from the rack to the product.

The warehouse has implemented task grouping according to different conditions, depending on the role, as well as priorities. Groups of tasks are automatically issued to the performer depending on his role, the last location and priorities, which can change online, and then the employee receives a new task. This is a typical deadline management functionality, modified in such a way as to ensure maximum reduction in personnel movements. Accordingly, warehouse roles can also change automatically - one employee can perform several types of operations: selection, make-up, shipment, all within the same task block.

The process of managing vehicle queues has been automated, in which cars are launched into the territory in automatic mode, which made it possible to optimize the shipment process.