AUGUST 202119MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY INSIGHTSright from shop-floor operations to the SAP system. By leveraging RFID, machine vision, and sensor technologies, Flexus merged different components into one "thinking" entity. "With all this, we eliminated practical limitations and managed to achieve 24/7 plant operation with minimum personnel requirements. In many cases, the system itself acted as an employee, making decisions based on facts, operating machines and equipment and coordinating software systems, even to the level of ERP", remarks Papadopoulos. With Alpiconn's support, the company managed to disengage their production operations from managerial tasks. Most importantly, the laborious and time-consuming tasks were automated by Alpiconn, which proved highly beneficial for the client.In each of its projects, Alpiconn aims to add value to the clients' existing systems and help them capitalize on their assets before investing in new technologies. "I believe that this a part of our successful implementations because our focus is primarily on offering customer-oriented solutions and not so much on the underlying technologies that will be used to realize them," adds Papadopoulos.To further extend automation in manufacturing and warehousing operations, Alpiconn is integrating robotic technologies with its back-office and IIoT systems. Moreover, the company will be introducing their new platform that uses the technological advances of AI and ML to create autonomous supervisors and decision-makers that will drive production and warehouse processes based on live information feeds. This will offer new capabilities and more opportunities for manufacturers to streamline, automate and optimize not only their day-to-day activities, but their company's operation as a whole. Alpiconn's solutions enable manufacturers to embrace digitalization so that they can connect shop floor activities with the business objectives, empowering decision-makers in the organization
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