Automated Raw Material Tracking at a Leading Iron Rod Manufacturer

Challenges:

• Huge quantity of daily vehicular traffic at their plant with loaded scrap iron as raw material
• Irregularity suspected in the quality and quantity of material purchased
• Records of incoming raw material are manually maintained and the process of payment not automated

Solution:

1. CCTV Cameras were implemented at “IN and Out Gate”, Weighbridge and Unloading Area

2. STS MATE (AI VA Software) was installed to
a. track the quantity of incoming vehicles with their number plates
b. track the total weight, their number plates
c. track the quality of material at the Weighbridge until the last quality is unloaded
d. track the outgoing vehicles and their respective weight along with their number plates

3. Report I: (At the IN GATE)
a. Date
b. Vehicle No.
c. Date/Time of Entry
d. Tare weight
Report II: (At the WEIGHBRIDGE)
a. Date/Time after loading
b. Vehicle Number
c. Gross weight
d. Quality (by predefined qualities of scrap received at the plant)
e. Date/Time of departure
Report III: (At the UNLOADING AREA)
a. Date/Time after loading
b. Vehicle Number
c. Gross weight unloaded
d. Quality unloaded
e. Date/time of departure

Benefits:

• Tracking of vehicles at the entry gate, weighbridge and unloading area has helped in resolving the irregularities to the records as they have now been automated
• Information gathered at the entry gate, weighbridge and unloading area is supporting the customer team to improve their credit and debit proces
• Daily/Weekly reports have brought in better management and insights to their daily transactions

Components Utilised:

• Workstation ( 8 GB Ram, i5+ Processor, 1 TB HDD with windows 7 + or Windows 10 and MS Office)
• Internet connection to the workstation for remote configurations
• The Cameras and relative infrastructure
• STS MATE AI VA Software