Industry 4.0 For Physical Inventory

Agenda

  1.  Issues faced by the client
  2. What we have analyzed
  3. How we resolve the issue & Solution Provided

Issues faced by the client

  1. Physical Inventory is cumbersome and is a time-consuming process
  2. Creation of Batch is manual.
  3. Tag distribution & tag writing takes supervision and training
  4. Tags written by hand are not giving aesthetic impact
  5. Barcodes sticker need to print separately
  6. The tags written entries need to transfer to excel for recording
  7. Tag cancellation process is tedious
  8. There are more than one location which is with limited manpower & their inventory status can be tracked online
  9. Physical inventory was causing production stoppage of 8-10 days

What we have analyzed

  1. Industry 4.0 for Physical inventory was not present
  2. The PI process is required to be lean
  3. Production time lost due to physical inventory is major challenge.
  4. Batch can be created automatically
  5. Tags can be printed automatically
  6. Barcode tags can be printed on the location itself with a mobile printer
  7. In order to save time, use of the mobile app can give the user a upper hand
  8. Need PI report
  9. Remote location means the internet can provide a correct output

Solution Proposed & Implemented

  1. We have created a web-based application that can be accessed anywhere
  2. Batch can be created from the web app. Tag nos. can be allotted to this batch & assigned to a person who is taking inventory for this batch. Auditor will also link to this batch
  3. We have developed a mobile app called Ekatm PI which can be installed on the person who is taking inventory.
  4. The batch allotted will be visible to the respective person on the Ekatm App.
  5. Bluetooth Printer is provided to every user & it will be connected through Ekatm App.
  6. User will go in the warehouse, check the Item Code & count the item. Feed this data in the mobile app, enter the location & click on print.
  7. Bluetooth printer simply print the Barcode Tag sticker by getting instruction from the mobile App.
  8. Provision of batch printing is also available