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Impelex and Advantech Transform the Metal Processing Ecosystem with iFactory SRP

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Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
  • Asia
Country
  • Taiwan
Product
  • Advantech’s Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) solution
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management system
  • iFactory Solution Ready Packages (SRP)
Tech Stack
  • Cloud platform
  • Dashboard visualization
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Quality Assurance
Use Cases
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Manufacturing System Automation
Services
  • System Integration
  • Training
About The Customer
RE-DAI Precision Tools, founded in 1984, is one of Taiwan’s leading hand tool manufacturers. The company has enjoyed decades of success in the tools fabrication market. As an established leader, RE-DAI has continued to follow a traditional industrial manufacturing and management model, even during recent times that have presented significant challenges. The company has a diverse portfolio of production machinery acquired over the years, which has led to a haphazard approach to managing the machinery. The company needed a solution to unify and control all the disparate systems on one platform.
The Challenge
RE-DAI Precision Tools, a leading hand tool manufacturer in Taiwan, was facing significant challenges due to its traditional industrial manufacturing and management model. The company had a diverse portfolio of production machinery acquired over the years, which led to a haphazard approach to managing the machinery. The challenge for Impelex was to implement a real-time system that monitored machine operations and incorporated a mobile dashboard to prevent power outages and improve overall production efficiency. RE-DAI needed a fully mature communication solution to unify and control all the disparate systems on one platform.
The Solution
Impelex leveraged a ready-made OEE solution, one of Advantech’s iFactory Solution Ready Packages (SRP), to meet the challenge. By utilizing Advantech’s rich industry experience in smart factories, Impelex quickly developed an OEE SRP that was easily deployed on the factory floor, avoiding costly and time-consuming in-house development and integration. With all of RE-DAI’s production machinery now communicating and functioning at maximum efficiency, Impelex was able to explore the many advantages Advantech’s SRP offered. Impelex trained RE-DAI technicians how to command an eagle-eye view of all RE-DAI resources using the OEE system from the main dashboard. The digital transformation led RE-DAI to retrieve 100% of the data collected from its diverse infrastructure.
Operational Impact
  • The solution allowed Impelex to expand on its offering and provide services such as a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and a Quality Control System (QCS).
  • The customized integration served as the catalyst for pro-active control and oversight of the digitalized management ecosystem.
  • RE-DAI further extended its capabilities by spanning its data across a cloud platform optimized for growth and extensibility.
  • RE-DAI installed an oversized OEE dashboard in an “Industry 4.0 Situation Room” so that managers could meet and view the company’s real-time disposition and thus synchronize critical decisions without delay.
Quantitative Benefit
  • By implementing Advantech’s OEE SRP, manufacturers like RE-DAI can potentially enjoy benefits of up to 20% improvement in machine availability.

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