Management and connectivity
Industrial integrations
We connect Autech with your ERP, your machines and your systems, in phases and without replacing them.
ERP
orders and finished goods · e.g. Microsoft Dynamics
PLCs and sensors
machine signals · via an industrial gateway
Scales
sample weights · direct reading
Autech
one data model
Cameras
counts and events · processed on site
Forms
floor records · phone and tablet
Sheets and BI
exports · for finance
The problem
Each system tells its own story
Orders live in the ERP, output on sheets, machines have their own screens and nobody connects them. The result is double entry and discrepancies argued over at month end.
In development
Sound familiar?
- Orders are copied by hand from the ERP to the floor.
- Finished goods are recorded twice.
- Machine data nobody looks at.
- Differences between system and physical inventory.
What we ask first
Before proposing anything, we understand what happens on your line today.
- Which information is entered twice today, on the floor and in the system?
- When a figure doesn't match between floor and ERP, who discovers it and who fixes it?
- Which systems and interfaces does your IT team have available?
How we approach it
We integrate in phases, starting with what gives the most value with the least risk: usually reading production orders. Each integration is designed around the system, its interfaces and your IT team's permissions.
1. We survey existing systems
ERP (for example, Microsoft Dynamics), machines, PLCs, scales and databases.
2. We start by reading
Orders and products are read first; writing back to the ERP comes later, once plant data is validated.
3. We connect the floor
Machine and PLC signals through an industrial gateway, when they add useful information.
4. We validate with your IT team
Access, security and responsibilities are agreed in writing.
What it takes
Software
- Connectors to the ERP and databases based on their interfaces
- Sync of orders, products and finished goods
- Log of every data exchange
Plant equipment
- Industrial gateway to read PLCs or machines, where applicable
- Industrial network and managed switch on the floor
- Edge computer to concentrate signals when needed
Each integration requires its own engineering and scoping depending on the system and its interfaces; it is defined during technical design together with your IT team.
Who uses the information
- IT
- Keeps control over access and over which data is exchanged.
- Planning
- Sees on the floor the same orders as in the ERP.
- Finance
- Receives finished goods that match what was produced.
Decisions it supports
- 01Which system is the official source for each data point.
- 02Which integration to do first based on value and risk.
- 03When to stop entering the same information twice.
How value is measured
We measure before and after, on your line. Value is shown with your data, not promises.
- Duplicate entries removed
- An inventory of double entries before and after each phase.
- Differences between floor and ERP
- Reconciled periodically during integration.
- Time for an order to be available on the floor
- From its creation in the ERP to the line.
What it connects to
ERP orders feed production control, traceability uses its product codes and reports combine plant and business data.
- Production controlActual output against target, by line and by hour, without waiting for the shift report.→
- TraceabilityFrom raw material to pallet, in one record you can query in minutes.→
- Reporting and operational intelligenceWhat happened in the plant, ranked by what cost the most, without building spreadsheets.→
Let's start with one problem.
Tell us what's costing you most today. We review it with you, show how we'd solve it and estimate its value together.