EP1711917A1 - Method, device, computer system and computer program product for controlling a material flow - Google Patents
Method, device, computer system and computer program product for controlling a material flowInfo
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- the invention relates to a method, a device, a computer program system and a computer program product for controlling a material flow in the production, the supply of wearing parts or spare parts for a product composed of a plurality of individual parts.
- WO 03/077169 AI it is known to mount a transponder on a printed delivery note in which application-specific data can be stored, read and changed.
- US 2003/0227392 AI it is known to use radio frequency identification systems (RFID) in supply chains.
- RFID radio frequency identification systems
- WO 01/82009 A2 it is known to attach transponders to parts in an automated production process in order to store information relevant for production therein and to make them available at various production stations. It is known from US 2003/0227392 AI and US 2003/0132853 AI to track objects in the movement of goods.
- the individual parts are each delivered to a goods receipt of a logistics system in a method for controlling the material flow in the production or supply of wearing parts or spare parts for a product composed of a plurality of individual parts.
- Each individual part is assigned to a transponder in which production and / or delivery data for the individual part are stored. The data of the transponder are read at the goods receipt and used to control the further material flow in such a way that the individual parts are transported in a controlled manner to predetermined subsequent process stations.
- the first aspect of the invention in comparison with conventional systems in which deliveries of goods are documented with printed delivery notes, replaces the paper previously used with electronic data exchange.
- the data exchange takes place in particular between a goods supplier and a logistics company that delivers the goods from one from the supplier to one customer.
- data can also be exchanged directly between suppliers and customers or between all three parties.
- Corresponding computer systems and reading or writing units of the supplier, logistics company and customer are networked with each other, for example via the Internet.
- a method for monitoring the product quality of a product composed of a plurality of individual parts, in which the individual parts are each delivered to a goods receipt of a logistics system and A transponder is assigned to each individual part, with quality data for the individual part being stored in the transponder. Further quality data are stored in the transponder at quality inspection stations for the individual parts and / or for units or unit parts which are composed of a large number of individual parts.
- a large number of individual parts are used to assemble a product.
- the product in turn can be divided into different units or unit parts, such as the drive motor of a motor vehicle, the steering of a motor vehicle or the fixing station or the developer station of an electrographic printing device.
- a transponder is assigned to each individual part, in particular already during the manufacture and / or delivery of an individual part in the production plant or a logistics system for the individual parts connected to it.
- a certain group of individual parts is a mass-produced article that is in a number of pieces than five are delivered in one container to the incoming goods of the production system of the complex product.
- the container includes the transponder, that is, a multitude of individual parts is assigned to a transponder.
- delivery data of the container are stored in the transponder, for example the number of individual parts which are located in the container.
- data can be stored in the transponder that are common to the group of mass-produced articles of the container, for example a quality indicator, production date, production lot or the like.
- the transponder data can in particular be recorded in a computer-aided production control system, material flow control system, wear part supply system, spare parts supply system, service system, logistics system, material management system and / or quality control system assigned to the production plant of the complex product.
- the individual parts or parts of a group of individual parts assigned to the transponder are fed to a material store, a quality inspection station, an assembly station or a dispatch station, in particular for wear parts or spare parts.
- the detection and tracking of goods can be improved and simplified with the invention.
- Processes, in particular goods flow processes and logistical processes can easily be automated and thus optimized with the invention. This further streamlines the workflow. This further minimizes the error rate and the time required for delivery.
- quality processes are further improved by simplifying and accelerating them in particular because fewer data entries are made manually or at different locations.
- an apparatus a computer system and a computer program product for controlling a material flow are provided.
- the reading and / or writing of data into or from the transponder is carried out using a mobile computer which has a first interface for wireless communication with the transponder and a second interface, in particular with a so-called docking -Station wired connection to a computer network.
- So-called hand held computers Personal digital assistant, PDA
- PDA Personal digital assistant
- the transmission of digital electronic data stored in the transponder in direct connection with the goods makes it possible to transmit relevant production and other data from the manufacturer of the individual part to the operation or process that processes the individual part in real time, controlled by the flow of goods.
- the data processing systems of the supplying company and the processing company are automatically electronically coupled in terms of data, without an additional coupling or synchronization between their electronic data processing systems and the material flow of the individual parts being necessary.
- a third aspect of the invention which can also be viewed independently of the two aforementioned aspects of the invention or can be advantageously combined with these, service-relevant data and / or recycling data for an individual part are stored in a transponder assigned to the individual part, so that Using the transponder data in a more complex product for such individual parts, it can be determined directly in what amount of service calls are necessary (for example, according to the number of kilometers, number of operating hours or the number of printed pages) and / or the form in which the individual part is to be disposed of or reused is. Such usage information can also be stored as tables in the transponder depending on performance data.
- an individual part is accommodated in a packaging and the transponder is attached to the packaging.
- the individual part is removed and fed directly to further handling, for example to a production process, to a warehouse, to a dispatch for wearing parts or spare parts and / or to a quality inspection station.
- It can in particular be provided to reuse this packaging with the transponder, in particular during recycling, that is to say when the individual part is returned for manufacture. This is particularly useful if the packaging is specially prepared to hold specific individual parts, for example using special brackets or padding firmly anchored in the packaging.
- a plurality of individual parts are assembled to form an assembly and an assembly-related transponder is added to an assembly, in which data about the assembly are stored.
- the transponder data of the individual parts to which individual parts that had been delivered in a large number in one container and to which only one transponder was assigned were assigned the goods receipt station were read, transferred to an electronic data processing system, then read from the electronic data processing system and stored in the transponder assigned to the unit.
- the receipt of an individual part is acknowledged at the goods receipt by means of the transponder data, the acknowledgment being sent to the supplier and / or to the supplier as a printout, as a transponder date and / or via computer-aided methods (network, internet, email) is transmitted to the manufacturer of the individual parts.
- a plurality of transponders which are accommodated together in one transport unit, are read out essentially simultaneously, in particular at the goods-in, using a detection device.
- a gate can be provided, which can read out a large number of transponders in the shortest possible time.
- Corresponding electronic data processing programs for materials management, logistics, production control and / or quality assurance, which can be switched off according to the invention, are known per se.
- the modular computer program product known from the company SAP Kunststoff AG and Co. KG Walldorf for various tasks in business and goods traffic appears to be particularly suitable for this.
- a method for handling a product to which a transponder is assigned Neten is specified, with data about the goods and / or about the handling of the goods being read and / or stored in the transponder.
- a method for controlling a process is specified, data being stored in a transponder and / or read by a transponder.
- any process can be provided according to the invention, in particular those processes to which an object can be assigned.
- documents administration processes, document rights management, production, logistics, quality processes, recycling processes, disposal processes, software update processes, auditing processes, service processes and so on can be advantageously designed with the invention.
- transponders can advantageously be used in the control of processes, in particular in goods traffic.
- the following transponders / properties in particular were used to advantage.
- Transponders are electronic storage media that can be written to only once, can be written to multiple times and can be deleted.
- Transponders can be produced in various designs, especially in the form of stickers.
- transponders do not need their own energy source because they absorb energy through electromagnetic radiation and can be used to supply their own electronic components. The energy is supplied in particular by corresponding reading / writing devices which emit the electromagnetic radiation. The data transfer between the read / write station and the transponder takes place by modulating the radiation.
- Figure 1 shows a flow of goods from the producer of a single part on the production of a complex product for its use to the disposal of the individual part and
- FIG. 2 shows an information flow corresponding to FIG. 1.
- Figure 1 shows the flow of goods and data in the manufacture, use and disposal of a product consisting of a large number of individual parts using the example of a printing system.
- Individual parts for printing devices for example paper transport rollers 3 or electronic circuits 4, are produced at a supplier production site 1.
- the finished individual parts are handed over to a first logistics system 2 for delivery to a production site for printers 5 or to a printing device end customer (customer) 6 , If it is logistically advantageous, the individual parts can also be delivered from the first logistics system 2 to a second logistics system 7 and from there to the production facility 5 or the end customer 6, for example in the case of intercontinental shipping.
- a pressure device 8 which works in the production operation.
- Wear and spare parts for this pressure device 8 can be supplied directly to the customer by the manufacturer of the individual part 1 in question via one or both logistics systems 2, 7 or can be exchanged or installed at the end customer 6 via the production site 5 or an associated service company. Wear parts, spare parts or the entire printing system 8 can be completely or partially fed to a recycling process after the end of their service life or finally disposed of. For recycling, it is particularly provided that the corresponding parts are returned to the production site 5 and from there or directly from the end customer back to the supplier production site 1 of the individual part.
- the manufacturer data and so on it is provided in particular in the finished complex product (pressure device 8) at least for all individual parts for which special recycling or disposal regulations apply, corresponding data in a transponder assigned to the individual part.
- the transponder can be attached directly to the individual part or to a larger device unit (unit) to which the individual part belongs.
- a supplier server 10 is provided, which is connected in terms of data technology to a local supplier network 11 (LAN, local area network).
- Control programs run in the supplier server 10 and are used to control the production of the paper transport rollers 3 and the electronic circuits 4.
- production data such as date of manufacture and time, used starting materials and their delivery data, quality data, identification data for used manufacturing machines and / or the people operating them and so on are recorded.
- a production transponder reader / writer 12 to a transponder 14 located on the electronic circuit 4 to the respective circuit and without contact stored there or written to a group of 3 paper transport rollers 3 on a transponder 13 attached to the packaging 15 for the three transport rollers 3.
- a user computer 16 is also provided on the network 11, with which the control programs running on the server 10 can be monitored and manipulated, in particular the goods traffic and the data written on the transponders 13, 14 can be monitored and set.
- a further read / write system 17 is provided at the goods outlet of the supplier production facility 13. It comprises a portable pocket computer (PDA) which is connected to the network 11 via a wireless interface.
- PDA portable pocket computer
- the read / write unit 17 can be used in a mobile manner and is particularly suitable for capturing transponder data, the transponder of which, in any orientation, is located at a difficult location in a larger packaging unit.
- delivery data in particular are written on outgoing goods or their packaging, which are usually found in delivery notes, for example the delivery address, the description of the goods and the delivery quantity.
- characteristic data of a particular transponder for example the individual identification number and / or one in a programmable, a transponder that is electronically stored in a read-only memory area during its manufacture read only memory area (PROM) or in a secured erasable programmable read only memory area (EPROM), transponder individual number stored by the supplier.
- PROM read only memory area
- EPROM secured erasable programmable read only memory area
- Corresponding numbers can also be assigned for certain product groups, for example for electronic circuits on the one hand and for paper transport rollers on the other, thus creating a universal numbering system.
- the goods are handed over to the first logistics system 2.
- all relevant delivery data are already on the corresponding ones
- the corresponding delivery data can be transmitted from the supplier server 10 via a remote data connection 20 (for example Internet) to a server 21 of the first logistics system 2 for a later comparison (confirmation of the delivery data).
- a remote data connection 20 for example Internet
- This is connected via a first local logistics network 22 to a user computer 23 and wirelessly to an incoming goods transponder read / write system 24, wirelessly to an outgoing goods transponder read / write system 25 and wired to a warehouse management transponder read / write system ,
- the goods traffic within the logistics system with transport vehicles and a logistics warehouse 27 can thus be tracked exactly.
- the logistics system can also be equipped, in particular, with a global, satellite-guided position system (GPS), as described, for example, in US Pat. No. 6,429,810 B1. The content of which is hereby published at this point by reference in the present description.
- GPS global, satellite-guided position system
- the goods transport routes and directions are indicated in FIG. 1 with the arrows 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35.
- the individual parts are delivered by a transport vehicle 19 to the goods receipt of the production facility for printer 5 and are read there by a mobile or stationary goods receipt transponder reader / writer.
- the read data are transmitted to a server 41 of the production site via a local network 42 of the production site.
- a merchandise management, administration and / or control program runs there, for example a program from SAP AG Walldorf. It can also be provided that.
- Transponder data determined at the goods receipt of the production site 5, in particular after manual or automatic checking (weighing, scanning with image processing), and to transmit confirmation data via the remote data connection 20 to the logistics server 21 or the supplier server 10 as a delivery confirmation.
- the incoming individual parts can be placed in several identical containers, whereby a common transponder is provided for a group of containers, that is to say for one lot, in which the material, production, quality, recycling, or disposal , and delivery dates and so on are stored for the lot.
- the individual parts can be delivered Trigger payment obligations from the production site operator so that the goods become the property of the production site operator or the goods can be taken over by the production site operator in trust and stored for the supplier in a production site warehouse 43 until it is required for production.
- the removal of the relevant part from the production site warehouse 34 is detected by a warehouse transponder reader / writer 44 or by a transponder reader / writer 45 installed at the installation site 46 for an assembly, and the payment obligation is only taken out when the warehouse is removed or when Installation of the part triggered in a pressure equipment unit.
- quality data can be stored in the transponder for individual parts, for example tolerance values for mechanical or electronic components. This quality data can be checked in the production facility 5 at quality inspection stations and, if necessary, deviating data can also be stored in the transponder. If the quality check reveals that the delivered individual parts are outside the permissible tolerance ranges, the rejection and return of the defective delivery can be triggered automatically in the material management system of the production server 41.
- Quality data for individual parts to which a transponder is not assigned in a ratio of 1: 1, but rather in a ratio of 1: N or whose transponder is attached to an outer packaging that is removed in the course of being brought into the production site warehouse 43, can be copied into transponders, which are attached to production site storage - internal containers, into which individual parts are inserted or in the production site storage computer system in such a way that they are available across the production network 42 across the production site.
- the item associated data production, 'supply, disposal and / or quality on
- the reader / writer is written to a unit located at the transponder 45 on the production network 42nd
- the unit transponder has then saved the relevant data for all of its relevant individual parts.
- a user computer 47 is also connected to the production network 42, via which the control processes of the production site warehouse are controlled and influenced by data input.
- finished pressure devices 48 which have gone through the production process, as well as spare parts or wearing parts, all of which have been temporarily stored in the production site warehouse 43, are delivered to the second logistics system 7 via route 35.
- the transponder data is read or written at the goods issue with a transponder reader / writer 49. On delivery, a part or device-specific transponder is again read and delivery data generated. Sequence, data transmission and control can take place in the same way as the delivery from the supplier 1 to the first logistics system 2 or from the first logistics system 2 to the production site 5.
- the second logistics system has at least one transport vehicle 50, a logistics server 51, a local network 52, an intermediate storage 53, a goods receipt transponder reader / writer 54, a warehouse transponder reader / writer 55 and a goods issue transponder 55 Reader / writer 56 and a user computer 57, each connected to the local network 52.
- the logistics server 51 is connected to the aforementioned servers via the remote data connection 20.
- a printing device 8 which produces printed documents at a place of use 6 for an end customer, is equipped with a transponder reader / writer 58. It is therefore able to read data from transponders on individual parts that are delivered to the customer site 6 as consumable or wearing parts and to automatically display installation instructions according to the data read, to set control parameters for individual parts or to reset the wear part counter. For wear parts or spare parts, too, whose transponder is attached to an outer packaging, the printing device can thus identify the corresponding part and make settings in the printer 8 or on computers which are connected to the customer's local network 59, in particular on one Customer server 61, optionally additionally controlled by inputs on the customer's user computer 60.
- the connection from the printer-internal reader / writer 58 to the network 59 can be interrupted in particular by a switch 63. In particular, this enables the customer to operate his own network 59 independently of the transponder-based communication and to import print data into the printer via the separate print data line 64.
- the reader / writer 58 can be connected directly to the data transmission line 20 via a connection 62 in order to transmit delivery data, delivery confirmations and so on to the servers 10, 21, 41 and / or 51.
- Server 61 is also optionally connected to data transmission line 20, so that corresponding delivery confirmations can be exchanged.
- Pressure equipment, aggregates or individual parts that may have had their way fed to the disposal system 9 via path 31 are or returned via paths 30, 29, 34, 35, 32, 28 back to production site 5 or to supplier production site 1 for reprocessing (recycling).
- the return of recycled parts can be controlled in terms of data traffic and the delivery process by data transmission by the transponder and / or by data transmission line 20.
- the disposal-relevant data (material, disposal instructions, etc.) available in a transponder for the printing devices, units or individual parts are read contactlessly with a disposal transponder reader / writer and fed to the local network 66 of the disposal system.
- the disposal process can then be controlled via a disposal server 68 or user computer 67.
- FIG. 2 shows the flow of goods and data management using the example of the production facility 5.
- Goods 71 coming in from a supplier 70 via the flow of goods 72 are either fed to a production warehouse 73 via the flow of goods 74 or via the flow of goods 75 to a spare parts store 76 (flow of goods 77) or directly to Customers 79 (flows of goods 78, 80).
- Data is collected from all the material movements, material processing, assemblies and uses involved, which in FIG. 2 lead to a hatched data flow to a database 83 stored in particular at the production site.
- customer reports, service reports, recycling information, repair reports and disposal information come as data.
- Production data, lifetime and usage data, performance data and quality data are also stored in the database 83.
- a first advantage is that there is permanent quality assurance from the manufacturer of the individual part to the return (recycling) of the used part or until its disposal, which improves both product quality and environmental compatibility, because for every product from the production of the individual parts to supply to final disposal '/ recycling material and production data are available. Due to the fixed local coupling between a transponder and the product assigned to it (especially if the transponder is firmly attached to the individual part / product), logistical handling can be carried out with a shorter lead time and minimal space requirement, because the detection and tracking of goods is contactless and can be done largely automatically.
- transponder data and goods data in particular form a pair.
- Large quantities of non-metallic objects can be detected almost simultaneously with all common transponder technologies (so-called depth scanning).
- depth scanning When the transponder data is imported into a networked computer system, there is also the advantage that a duplicate of the information on the transponder is available offline, that is, even if a computer system fails, the logistical or manufacturing processes can continue to run.
- Another advantage over conventional methods in which barcodes are attached to parts or packaging is that a relatively large amount of memory and plain text can be stored as data and that the data can be changed at any time.
- spare parts or wearing parts from supplier 70 can be made directly to customer 80 via process routes 72a, 75, 78 and 80. It is not necessary to use a computer Establish a network connection between the supplier 70 and the customer 80 in order to enable proper operation of the spare or wearing part in a pressure device of the customer 79. Due to the fact that a transponder is delivered with the replacement or wearing part, in which characteristic data of the part are stored, the printing device at customer 79 can access the data stored in the transponder directly, if necessary, with an integrated transponder reading device Set the corresponding device parameters correctly and thus ensure proper operation of the device on site at the customer.
- a transponder attached to the wearing or spare part can be used to directly evaluate the operation of the spare or wearing part without having to enter data from the customer or the production center Need to become.
- the transponder is used for direct data transmission in a simple and cost-effective manner, production data even being stored in the transponder, which also enables the supplier 70 to track the quality in his own manufacturing processes. It goes without saying that it is possible, if necessary, to read the data with a transponder reading device and, if necessary, to make it available to other process participants, for example the production center, via a computer network.
- delivery note information is exchanged between a transponder and a system server or between system servers. It can be particularly advantageous to standardize such information and / or corresponding transmission formats so that the logistical and accounting processing of such goods can be carried out as simply as possible between any supplier and customer.
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