Use case
Transforming Yard Management with RTLS
Yard management and flow monitoring of vehicles in indoor/outdoor areas of production and logistic sites
Requirements
Traffic flow, procedures, bays
- Control of incoming external and internal vehicles in logistics and manufacturing facilities.
- Digitizing the acceptance procedures for incoming materials.
- Bay Management: communicating target bays or unloading stations to drivers even after they have entered the site.
RTLS Solution
Direct location of vehicles
Location of operating vehicles with vehicle and/or personal tags.
Possibility of integration with HW systems to provide visual support to the operator (e.g., light or visual signaling).
Benefits and results
Optimisation of traffic and operations in bays, reduction of time and errors
Reduce goods unloading errors
Avoid heavy-traffic situations and traffic jams within the operational areas
Dashboard for locating vehicles in real-time
Optimize usage of the bays
Reduce unloading times and facilitate communication with the drivers
Case study
How yard management can support a production site
DIRECT TRACKING OF VEHICLE MOVEMENTS ON THE PRODUCTION LINE
A mix of technologies is used to monitor the flows of both internal and supplier vehicles and provide a real-time situation of each semi-finished vehicle in production.
