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Presented by:
Shane LaChappelle
Manager, Product Marketing
Improve and Optimize
Facility Efficiency
With
Real Time Monitoring
Sponsored by:
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Agenda
• Potential Inefficiencies at a Distribution Center
• The Real Cost of No-reads
• Introducing Machine Vision
• Benefits
• Case Studies
• Questions
Potential Inefficiencies at a Distribution Center
Why Do You Want High Read Rates?
= 10,000 boxes
110,000 BOXES PER DAY 5,000
BOXES PER HOUR
38.5 MILLION BOXES PER YEAR
12AM 6AM noon 6PM 12AM 3AM 9AM 3PM 9PM JAN MAR MAY JUL DEC FEB APR JUN AUG SEP OCT NOV
99 385,000 NO-READS
PER YEAR
27.5 REWORK MAN
HOURS PER DAY
3.5 OPERATORS TO
HANDLE REWORK INDUSTRY STANDARD
.8 %
= 10,000 no-reads
77,000 NO-READS
PER YEAR
5.5 REWORK MAN
HOURS PER DAY
<1 OPERATORS TO
HANDLE REWORK
The return is MILLIONS in savings
Introducing
Machine Vision
to the
Distribution Center
RTM @ Distribution Facility Main Shipping Sorter
Tote Scanning Pallet Scanning Hand Sorting
Induct Stations Print and Apply Lines
Web-based Interface
Real Time Monitoring provides a web-based means for graphically representing the health of an industrial barcode reader installation:
Collecting and charting read
statistics over time.
Providing an overview of a
facility’s performance by aggregating data
from multiple scan points.
Leveraging the full power of machine vision software to analyze NoRead images to find
potential problems in the customer’s
process.
Analyzing No Reads Causing Process Issues UPSIDE-DOWN
PACKAGES
MIS-FEED
LABEL
CREASED IN
BOX FLAPS
FLAGGED
LABEL
LINE
STOP 0 UNACCOUNTED
FAILURES
UPSIDE-DOWN
PACKAGES MIS-FEED
LABEL
CREASED IN
BOX FLAPS
FLAGGED
LABEL
LINE
STOP
RTM Website Overview
RTM Device Grouping
RTM Realtime Performance
– Dashboard stats for last hour, 24 hours, and 48 hours
RTM Performance Overview
– Total number of good reads and NoReads from the chosen time period
– Refined detail about read rates
– Interactive graph
RTM Image Classification
• Image Classification/NoRead Image Analysis data
RTM Image Classifcation List
• Image List and Classification Details
Benefits of Real Time Monitoring
Web based interface for reader performance monitoring
Automatic defect classification of any package that fails to read
Scalable architecture for facility or enterprise coverage
Case Study – Ecommerce Read-Rates
Case Study – Fulfillment Center
Questions
For More Information:
Speaker email:
Website: www.cognex.com
Or visit ProMat 2015 Booth #4915
