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The Invisible Choreography of the Modern Auto Plant

The OEMNEX solution expands its AIoT framework beyond the boundaries of the factory floor through the use of GPS technology and intelligent yard positioning. OEMNEX accurately records the position of every single VIN, optimizes inbound truck traffic, and schedules carrier loads. The end result? No delays and fast deliveries.

The issue is that the factory environment typically has all sorts of data. For example, they have sensors on their machines, bar codes on their parts, and scheduling in their enterprise applications. However, what is missing is the ability to integrate these systems in real time.

This is precisely what OEMNEX AI technology aims to resolve. Below are some ways that an AIoT platform brings revolutionary change to smart automotive manufacturing.

  1. Human Element: Workforce Visibility and Safety While there is much reliance on robotics in any manufacturing facility, humans remain at the core of the manufacturing process. Being aware of operator location and ensuring their safety has always been a complex task, especially when considering a large manufacturing area of a million square feet.

Utilizing UWB and Bluetooth-based tracking technologies, OEMNEX allows plant managers to have real-time insight into workforce location. This translates into more effective operations on the production floor, which include:

Smart Safety Zones: When the operator mistakenly goes into a potentially dangerous robotic welding station or heavy AGV path, it becomes possible to trigger operator to robot safety alerts or slow down the machinery.

  1. Solving the "Where Is It?" Question

With many returnable containers, customized torque tools, and mobile production carts moving around all the time in an auto manufacturing plant, the loss of even five minutes spent trying to find a calibrated tool amounts to five minutes of production loss.

How does OEMNEX solve the problem? By mapping all physical assets continuously digitally.

The Vehicle Genealogy Journey

Starting from when a vehicle frame is stamped in the body-in-white shop to be assigned its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), the platform tracks its journey to paint, final assembly, and ultimately to logistics yard.

  1. The Finished Vehicle Yard Bottleneck

So, your car was assembled and passed the quality inspection process and made it onto the assembly line. Everything is alright now, right? Not really.

Once your thousands of completed vehicles reach the massive yard outside the manufacturing plant, tracking them down for carrier loading becomes a huge headache.

The OEMNEX solution expands its AIoT framework beyond the boundaries of the factory floor through the use of GPS technology and intelligent yard positioning. OEMNEX accurately records the position of every single VIN, optimizes inbound truck traffic, and schedules carrier loads. The end result? No delays and fast deliveries.

For more information
🔗 https://oemnexai.com/

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