Software and Hardware Integration Delivering Key Precision Solutions
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Asia
Country
- Singapore
Product
- SRP-FPV220
- WISE-4000
Tech Stack
- WebAccess/SCADA software
- HTML5
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Electronics
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- System Integration
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
The customer is a top 15 EMS company headquartered in Singapore. The company is a global leader in providing unrivaled capacities in design and development, product and process engineering, and technical support for a wide range of complex, high-value products. Their expertise ranges from mechanical and electronic systems design to regulatory compliance engineering and software design development. The company serves its partners and clients, which include leading electronics companies around the world, by providing best-in-class solutions to maximize the efficiency and value of their supply chains and operations.
The Challenge
The EMS company's clients were facing a challenge with their production line machines. Although various sensors collected critical data from these machines, the data was not consolidated in the cloud nor visualized to facilitate critical improvements to the production line and prevent costly interruptions. The company needed a solution that could provide seamless data integration and visualization to optimize production efficiency and preemptively maintain the machines to prevent unexpected system downtime.
The Solution
The EMS company turned to Advantech for a solution. Advantech provided a solutions package featuring its unrivaled asset monitoring technology. The package included Advantech’s SRP-FPV220 and WISE-4000 solutions for data integration and production optimization. The SRP-FPV220 package, featuring Advantech’s WebAccess/SCADA software, allows data from shop floor devices to be easily collected via various communication protocols, such as Modbus, OPC UA, and MQTT. The data is then used to generate automatic Excel reports of production activities. The platform’s 100% web-based dashboard allows users to view visual production information, such as yield rate trends, equipment utilization, and downtime alarms, at any time via an HTML5 browser on any desktop or mobile device. Advantech’s WISE-4000 series of wireless sensing devices can be easily integrated with the solution-ready platform. These devices allow manufacturers to collect real-time data of key production line parameters for monitoring and precisely controlling operations.
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