Extended sequencing functionality
The connection of the Click Reply WM warehouse management system with the ERP system creates an integrated production: the ERP informs the WMS which orders are pending. Using a sequencing functionality specially developed by Reply, Click Reply WMS calculates which parts and components are needed at which point in time on the five central production lines and in the 14 assembly departments. The WMS knows the location co-ordinates of the components in the warehouse, within the Kardex shuttle systems and whether a part is in the front or rear position within the Push Back racks used.
Click Reply uses this information to calculate the routes of the semi-automatic forklift in order to carry out guided picking for production with optimised routes and to avoid empty runs of the forklift.
The data from the WMS controls the semi-automatic forklift and ensures that the required parts are available just-in-sequence at the respective production location.
Transparency through Andon displays
Efficient production does not only require high-performance systems: the integration of human employees is crucial for smooth production processes. Reply has installed Andon displays in the production area as an interface between intelligent systems and human employees; these monitors inform employees via a dashboard specially developed by Reply for EHRLE.
This makes Click Reply WM a central component of modern and highly efficient production.