Indiatech Profile Dec 2013

Indven Technologies Company Profile

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Indven Technologies Profile

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Table of contents

Indven Profile ......................................................................................................................... 3 Why Indven ............................................................................................................................ 3 Company Information ............................................................................................................. 3 Products and Services ............................................................................................................. 5 Integrated Building Information Management System (IBIMS) ................................................... 5 Product components ............................................................................................................... 6 IBIMS Audience ...................................................................................................................... 7 Integrated Process Automation System (IPAS) .......................................................................... 9 Modules and Components ...................................................................................................... 11 Data Acquisition .................................................................................................................... 11 Station Module ...................................................................................................................... 11 Data Cleansing...................................................................................................................... 11 Data Aggregation .................................................................................................................. 11 System Security .................................................................................................................... 11 Data Consolidation ................................................................................................................ 11 Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 11 Utilities ................................................................................................................................. 12 Centralized System management ........................................................................................... 12 Integration ........................................................................................................................... 12 Features list of IPAS M2M solution ......................................................................................... 12 Portal Development ............................................................................................................... 14 Value Proposition .................................................................................................................. 14 Process ................................................................................................................................ 14 Skill sets ............................................................................................................................... 15 References ........................................................................................................................... 15 Annexure A: IPAS SCADA system designed for Volvo .............................................................. 17 ASSEMBLY LINE & TAKT TIME MONITORING SYSTEM ............................................................ 17 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 18 FAULT MANAGEMENT SERVER:.............................................................................................. 19



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Indven Profile Indiatech Ventures (Indven Technologies Pvt Ltd) is a fast growing start-up, promoted by people

who have worked with companies such as HSBC, Target, Nortel, Macys, Sapient, HP and BP. Indven is a third-party Product development company and we have developed robust and highly

functional applications for the manufacturing and construction industries. So far, we have developed a product used to automate discreet and continuous manufacturing facilities and

another is underway to provide 3D visualization for large Construction projects.

We are a new company and hence we bid on the strength of a team that has been delivering

high-value web and other applications for the past 21 years. We have 150+ person years cumulative experience and have, as a team, executed 60 large enterprise projects (for various

organizations).

Why Indven

1. We provide you the best India has to offer - an extremely competent, professional,

talented and experienced team, with a meticulous eye for detail and superb communication skills, who deliver value for money like none other.....

2. Since we are new, we showcase the talents of our incredible team, which has over 150 person-years spent in developing state-of-the-art Enterprise and Web-based systems.

3. All senior members on our rolls have worked in the USA for between 4 - 11 years. We

know what it takes to deal with Western clients and are comfortable with Western professionalism and ethics.

4. On our promoter – advisor list, we have very senior experts in the fields of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (K Nadgauda); Industrial Automation (Shyam Prasad); Software

Development and Banking / Financial Services (S Ashwin).

Company Information

Organization and Capacity Indven IT is a 40 person company and organized into two groups - Projects and Products. The

Products group focuses on Construction Industry solutions. The Projects group is organized into 3

verticals – Portal Development; Analytics; and an exploratory (2 member) Mobility solutions group. A non-IT division focuses on providing Engineering and staffing services to the

Construction Vertical.



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Facilities

Office Location Seat Servers Workstations Infrastructure

Product

Group

Queens Road,

Bangalore

14 4 14 Graphic

workstations, 24” monitors

SVN server; proxy cum

firewall; 4 Mbps Internet; 1 TB SAN box; hosted

email

Projects Group

Kamanahalli, Bangalore

38 6 40 workstations

SVN server; proxy cum firewall; 4 Mbps Internet;

1 TB SAN box; hosted

email

Engineering

Services

Customer

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Software

Office Partnerships Closed Source Open Source

IT Services

(Product /

Project Groups)

Autodesk

Development

Partner

Microsoft BizSpark

Visual Studio .NET 2012

(Professional and Express

Editions) MS SQL Server 2008 Developer

Oracle 11g Developer Autodesk Developer products

ArchiCAD Developer pack

Trimble SketchUp C++ SDK Ektron / EPiServer

Joomla / LifeRay Community

Edition

MySQL 5.5.29 Eclipse / NetBeans

Jasper Server; Jasper Reports 5.0

Flex 3.0 / 4.0

JDK 1.5 / 1.6 SVN / Bugzilla / JMeter

Several, Customer provided licenses

Engineering

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CATIA V5 / Unigraphics /

ABAQUS / Nastran / Patran / Hypermesh

Autodesk Revit various / Civil

3D / ArchiCAD

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Project Management

Indven follows the PMI Project Management methodology and PMBOK to deliver projects in order to deliver projects within time and budget. We use tools such as Open Project and Indven’s

fledgling Project Management product that encompasses workflows and automation of several

internal processes (e.g. timesheet preparation; meeting minutes; etc). An adaptation of Agile and Rational Unified process is used to manage the development team. The following diagram depicts

the management processes and knowledge areas that will be applied to the project in accordance with the above mentioned international standard methodology.



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Products and Services The products group develops software products using the latest technologies and tools for our

customers. Typically Indven’s Products Group customers have been (so far) technology and engineering companies that rely on us to develop and maintain their Intellectual Assets. Indven

develops the software; helps in the first few implementations; and then provides on-going lifecycle support.

Indven does not retain the IP for the products but provides services to sustain and enhance them. Engineering and finance companies can focus on their core business and domains and

leave the bother of designing, coding and maintaining robust, efficient and superbly functional software to us, while retaining complete control over the sources, documentation, staff and IPR.

Integrated Building Information Management System (IBIMS)

A single, integrated computer program that allows you to

design (in 3-dimensions) anything from a residential enclave

or a hospital or a factory or a highway … to an office or even a single bedroom or bathroom or backyard garden;

informs you of the materials, items, fittings and labor you will need for your design; computes bills of materials and

estimates on the fly and helps to compare between

hundreds of equivalent products readily available in the area of operation; places the purchase orders and manages the

supply chain; manages, monitors and controls the project schedule, budget, expenses and effort that will convert your

design into reality; and manages all other front and back office functions such as sales, finances, budgets, accounts,

material assets, human resources, payroll, etc, etc. The

software also integrates structural and engineering aspects into the design thereby saving hundreds of millions of

dollars in expensive reworks, schedule clashes, intersection of ducts with structural members, etc. This is the promise of

5-D Building Information Modeling (BIM) and it is a process

that is increasingly being adopted by the industry and is what IBIMS strives to achieve.

The system facilitates the following:

1. Ability to model large scale construction projects in 3D to any level of detail desired

2. Photo-realistic rendering of these models to enable all stakeholders to visualise the architect’s vision. The modeling engine is integrated with a building materials database to

allow architects and engineers to choose between hundreds of competing products and product lines for any given requirement

3. Creation of a building materials database that provides information about prices, deals, installation instructions, LEED certification information, etc. and allows architects and

engineers to query alternative products; find out availability, updated prices and offers;

and helps calculate Bill of Materials, labour costs and estimate efforts on the fly, while simultaneously visualising the end-product

4. Ability to optimize the use of material and human resources in projects 5. Integrate (into the design) schedules; workflows and pre-populated templates and

checklists that enable integration of internationally accepted best-practices into the

design – e.g. LEED certification best-practice templates and checklists. These workflows and checklists provide the system the ability to guide project managers towards best

available options and along the most appropriate decision path

(Picture courtesy of Autodesk Inc)



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6. Since the model has an embedded timeline, these can be used to create movies that

demonstrate the progress of the proposed project and to audit the progress of the actual construction

7. Automatic generation of documents directly using customised workflows embedded into the project schedule – e.g. automated faxing of a purchase orders for pre-mix when a

slab is due; or automated invoice / demand letters to customers for a milestone payment

8. Provide environmental data for integrating with eQuest, a leading LEED certification tool, which hitherto has (mostly) US data only

9. Provide web services to integrate the models with ERP, email, etc

This software is work in progress and is being built for a leading European

Construction company. It integrates with off-the-shelf Project management and 3D modeling software.

Product components

The system comprise of the following components:

3-D modeling engine Core design software; can be one of Revit Architecture (and MEP and

Structures); or ArchiCAD or Google SketchUp. The model is a 3-D replica

of the proposed structure in the computer. Software objects in a BIM model are intelligible to computer programs as representations of real-

world building components, unlike the graphic objects in a two-dimensional CAD file.

Project Schedule Custom built or customized third party tool (MS Project / Primavera /

OpenProject)

Workflow engine Custom built component; allows for addition of any number of services

(e.g. sending emails / faxed demand letters to customers) or Requests

for Quotation to suppliers by Email / SMS, etc. Workflow processes will be pre-defined for every major activity that is carried out during the

course of a construction project.

Document management

Handles all statutory and compliance documentation; documentation templates will make it simpler to comply to legal requirements; LEED

certification requirements, etc

Materials database Information about prices, deals, installation instructions, LEED

certification information, textures, colours, look and feel, etc. The

database will allow creation of estimates; refinement of schedules; and bills of materials from the models prepared and display photo-realistic

images of the proposed construction

Integration Layer Web services layer to help share data between disparate systems; the workflow engine that gets embedded directly into the drawing provides

the ‘glue’ to transfer data from one system to another

Movie maker Show the proposed construction activities as a movie using the 3D models and timelines provided

Optimiser Optimise the use of Human and material resources

(Picture courtesy Graphisoft (ArchiCAD))



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Contractors Owners

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Product

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IBIMS Audience

There are existing applications that cater to each requirement but nothing to seamlessly integrate the design elements into Project Management and back-end office applications, like ERP and CRM

systems. This is the promise of IBIMS



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IBIMS caters to all stakeholders in a Construction project – a diverse audience. The primary needs satisfied by the system are:

Customer Profile Primary Need

Architect 3-D Modeling

Documentation LEED Certification requirements

Quantity Surveyors Budgets and estimates

Engineers Structural / Electrical / Mechanical / Plumbing analysis tools / Spatial Analysis tools

Contractor Scheduling / Project Management / Project costing and Budgeting / Resource allocation

Building Material

Suppliers

Market penetration

Senior Company mgmt Photo-realistic visualization of the architect’s vision

Control on costs and schedule

Company Administration Automated workflows

Finance / Accounts / HR / Payroll / Sales & Marketing / Logistics data

Owners Photo-realistic visualization of the architect’s vision Status reports; Visual Models

All of the above Integrated workflows that can glue disparate systems together; the workflows will

actually enable data from one system to be seamlessly pumped into another. Since the workflow itself is an external plug-in, there is no necessity to change the

base applications whenever a new third-party system needs to be integrated



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Integrated Process Automation System (IPAS)

IPAS is a SCADA system that helps centralized control over dispersed production lines. It enables

centralized control, reporting and visualization of hundreds of sensors and devices across geographies and can work with a diverse set of Industries.

IPAS enables users to access and control electronic sensors, devices, and machines over multiple

protocols (MODBUS – TCP/IP) simultaneously. IPAS provides an interface with which diverse data

sources can be created and configured and downstream management of user access, alerts, data logging, visualization and automation are enabled.

IPAS has two principal components – a data acquisition system (which captures data from the

hardware; cleanses, consolidates and aggregates it and populates the backend databases); and a Reporting module that generates Dashboards, and MI, Transaction and Diagnostics reports.

Lesser modules manage the hardware, user rights, software upgrades, backups, the presentation

and databases. All reports provide facilities to drill-down to the lowest level.

IPAS was developed for a leading Indian Plant and Process Automation company and has been implemented by Indven for them at Volvo, the truck manufacturer, a foundry and India’s largest

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Reporting Module

IPAS is a comprehensive and integrated solution to monitor production at all factories and

production facilities in an organization.

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Modules and Components

Data Acquisition

Station Module

These are software firmware modules and drivers that reside in each data acquisition station.

These modules are responsible for capture of routine production data, wastages, stoppage, start and end production time, etc

Data Cleansing

All data acquired by the system passes through this module. Duplicate and erroneous data is

cleaned out

Data Aggregation

The data acquired will typically be very large. This data is sourced from various stations and is collated, sorted and aggregated into transaction and summary data by this module.

System Security

A common security module will provide access control and user rights administration across all

components of the system

Data Consolidation

The data from all manufacturing units is consolidated into a Central database. It will then be

sliced and diced as required for reporting.

Reporting

As illustrated, several categories of reports will be generated by the system on a daily, weekly, or any other periodical basis. Reports are classified according to the user group and utility – e.g.

Dashboards for Management; transaction reports for line managers and staff and diagnostics for system administrators. All sort of graphical and tabular reports and charts can be produced. All

reports all drill-down to granular levels and reports can be scheduled, exported to other formats or spooled for printing.



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Utilities

These modules cut across systems and are available as services – e.g. emailing; scheduling (of

reports or backups); backup of data; etc.

Centralized System management

This allows for centralized software upgrades across the network and maintenance of diagnostic

packs to be issued from a central location, for easy management and better security.

Integration

An integration layer will be built in order to manage interactions with other systems such as SAP. Please refer to the attached sample CV of our SAP expert to assess the level of SAP integration

expertise available at Indven.

Features list of IPAS M2M solution

Speed IPAS is a very high speed data logging, control, and monitoring system. Visualization

is provided over a browser-based User Interface. IPAS can host hundreds of data points collected from multiple data sources on a 800MHz linux box with 500MB RAM. With MySQL running on a

quad-core, dual-processor server, IPAS can support thousands or tens of thousands of points on

a single instance. Multiple protocol IPAS can receive data from any device for which there is a protocol driver.

Currently supported protocols include BACnet I/P, Modbus (ASCII, RTU, TCP, and UDP), OPC DA, 1-wire, SNMP, SQL, HTTP, POP3, NMEA 0183, MBus, DNP3, OpenV, webcams, vmstat, and some

proprietary protocols developed by or for hardware vendors. IPAS also supports a "virtual" data

source that can generate data for benchmarking or testing purposes. Multiple database IPAS uses MySQL / MS SQL Server or Oracle

Meta points Javascript scripting allows for creation of new points based upon the values of

other points. Combinations of point values as well as historical point information can be used.

User-defined events Users can define unlimited event criteria on points to detect conditions

such as high and low limits, value changes, state change counts, and run-times.

Import/Export Configuration can be exported to a text file for backup and recovery, or used

to import into other instances of IPAS to make identical copies.

Browser Support Support is available for all the popular browsers

Event handling All events that occur, either system or user defined, are handled using user-

defined event handlers. These handlers can send emails and escalations to mailing lists, or set

values in IPAS points. Security Data resides in a secure RDBMS. User permissions are defined by system

administrators, and all communications with IPAS are secured with SSL (Secure Socket Layer).



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Data logging Each point can be configured with its own data logging and log purging

characteristics. Logging schedules can be made to be independent of reading schedules.

Reports IPAS provides close to 200 user defined reports

Data publishing Information can be gathered by IPAS and updated on-event for near real-

time updating. Quick charts and set points Access and control is quick and up to date with IPAS's roll-over

charts and point set controls. Watch lists A custom list of points can be created to keep an eye on particular point values

and alarms. Named watch lists with instant reporting can be created on the fly Point heirarchies Arbitrary hierarchies of points and point folders can be created organize

your information the way you want to ted

see it. Graphical views Graphical representations of points with custom backgrounds and drag and

drop functionality help provide superb visualization. Point details Information including current value, detailed tabular and graphical charts,

alarms, event detectors, and user permissions can be visualized Active alarms All pages in the application include an indicator of the highest active alarm

level with facilities to read and add comments, and link to point details pages where actions can

be taken User memos Users can comment on events and points so that valuable knowledge is not

lost. Event comments are sent with email notifications so that all users are kept up to date on system status.

Event scheduling Events can be defined based upon time schedules.

Audit trail Changes to all information processing objects cause audit events to be raised,

including new objects, changes, and deletions. I18N (internationalization) IPAS supports any International language simply by translating

the label file (and contextual documentation files).

Alarm sounds Sound alarms can be raised in IPAS.

References: Please contact:

1. Mr Shyam Prasad, CEO Saatvik Solutions India 2. IPAS was developed for Saatvik. Shyam Prasad: +91 9900214311;

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Portal Development

A humungous Building Materials Database is part of our Construction Industry solution. We use

the skills developed in delivering a platform designed with 15 million products, 400,000 product

sub-categories and 80,000 product categories to deliver top-of-the line Portals for our International customers. Our Portal Practice has recently bagged an order from a hot new social

media – music startup catering to a niche market of more than a million users in the US.

Most of Indven’s Portal offerings are part of larger Enterprise applications at various customer

sites and integrate information generated from manufacturing processes directly into backend ERP and CRM systems. The niche music site we are currently working on targets delivery of 15

million songs to 1 million users. We know what it takes to stream 6 GB of data every second.

Value Proposition

The Portals we target to create have the following features:

1. Highly responsive designs built to render on any device

2. Design targeted at specific audiences to enable guests to find the information and services speedily

3. Content Publishing workflow to enable users to directly update appropriately authorized content

4. Personalized experience for each registered member with shortcuts such as ‘quick links’ and

‘last visited’ accessible on every page

5. Flexible Information Architecture with several menu schemes and multiple sitemaps

6. Ontologies that capture, process reuse, and communicate to users what they might also like to know

7. Highly optimized database and searches; extensive use of horizontal charding, vertical

partitioning and a master (write) with multiple slaves (read) database topology to deliver

mind-blowing performance

8. Integration with Social Media; e-commerce; SMS and Mobile applications

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Skill sets

Portal LifeRay, SharePoint

CMS WordPress, Joomla!, WordPress, Alfresco, Drupal

Scripting JavaScript, AJAX, PHP5

PHP Frameworks Zend, CodeIgniter

UI HTML5, CSS3

Design Adobe Creative Suite 6

References

FreshThredz is an e-commerce store for kids clothing. It helps people

to sell or exchange their used clothes which would be in brand new or in like new condition.

Kids grow rapidly !!! And keeping them dressed in brand new quality

clothing is an expensive proposition. Shopping for them frequently would not be a love- to- do list for most of the parents. And the main

question arises “What about the old and outgrown outfits cluttering your wardrobe?” Well the answer here is Freshthredz.

Reference: Cristopher Ong | Cell; email: Upon request

Rooming.eu is a WordPress based social networking, real-estate site

for temporary accommodation in 12 European countries. Reference: Benedikt Schulz

Cell; email: Upon request

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www.gov.bw was an e-Government Portal built for the Government of

Botswana and provided information and some services from 155

departments of 19 Ministries of the National Government and 56 Local Authorities. Indven’s engineers were the chief architects of this Portal

(working with former employers) and work involved creating the Information Architecture; developing 28 templates; conducting

Content Gathering workshops across the country; user and

administrator training; and providing 5 sample e-Services Technology: EPiSERVER / MS SQL Server 2005/8

Reference: Upon request

Travtech is a cruise booking company with affiliates who provide

services from Travtech on their own websites. We have created templates for the affiliates that integrate the Travtech API. These

sample templates have been designed using off-the-shelf themes and are two of about 20 we are going to design for Travtech.

Affiliates will be able to choose a template they like and provide

their content for us to finalize. Reference: [email protected]



http://www.gov.bw/



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Annexure A: IPAS SCADA system designed for Volvo

ASSEMBLY LINE & TAKT TIME MONITORING SYSTEM

Objective of this system is to act as an interface between the operators on the assembly line and respective support departments. The overview of the solution is shown in the picture below:

ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

The proposed system has to have following hardware.

1. Operator Control Stations - OCS (15 Nos) to log the fault/s.

2. Server for Fault management 3. Annunciators 4 Nos installed at respective departments to give audio visual alert of

fault location. 4. Large Andon Display (LAD) connected to Server.

5. SMS Transmitter connected to Server. 6. Multi-tone Electronic Hooter connected to Server.

7. Software Application with Web reporting Module and Web Based Dash board.



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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Operator Station:

The operator Station is a Microprocessor based unit with Push Buttons, LED indicators and Relay

with a changeover potential contact. This unit has RS485/Ethernet/Wireless communication port for data exchange with the Central Control Unit (SERVER). The following diagram shows front

panel layout of the Operator Station.

Operational Features:

FAULT PUSH BUTTONS:

Whenever operator encounters a fault situation, he logs it by pressing the respective push button. Immediately the corresponding LED on the local operator station starts Blinking

informing the operator that the fault has been logged. This is picked up by the SERVER and the corresponding departments / personnel are alerted. SERVER also stores this

event with time stamp.

ACKNOWLEDGE Push Button:

When the personnel from the respective department arrive at the location to understand the nature of fault, he presses “ACKNOWLEDGE” followed by respective fault push button

i.e. MAINT / QC / STORES / PURCHASE pushbutton on the Operator Station. Immediately Respective fault LED glows in STEADY state indicating that the acknowledgement is

logged. SERVER picks up this signal and stores this event with time stamp.

RESET / CLEAR Push Button: When the fault is cleared by the respective department, the concerned person presses

“RESET / CLEAR” followed by respective fault button i.e. MAINT / QC / STORES / PURCHASE push button on the Operator Station. The respective Fault LED will be

switched OFF indicating that the RESET command is logged. SERVER picks up this signal

and stores this event with time stamp.

Relay output:

RED flashing light at the operator station will be connected the Potential Free Contact of this Relay. The relay is switched ON by the SERVER when the TAKT time is Completed or

Nearing Completion which is configurable on SERVER. This Relay is Switched OFF by the

SERVER when the operator pressed CYCLE COMPLETE pushbutton.



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Cycle Complete Push Button with LED:

RED flashing light at the operator station is switched on by the SERVER; the operator pushes the Cycle Complete push button informing the SERVER that the cycle is

completed. The corresponding LED is switched ON to indicate the operator that his

operation is logged. This LED is switched OFF, when all the stations in the line confirm cycle completion

FAULT MANAGEMENT SERVER:

The Fault management server is networked with OCS, Large graphic / ASCII display, alarm

annunciators, SMS transmitter.

The Server also has web-server where “DASH-BOARD” is available for any user on the LAN to view the status of production line. This is refreshed automatically at a pre-determined interval. The reports are also configured for web-based reporting. Any user on the LAN can view the report and export the same to excel for further analysis.

The Server fulfills following functionalities.

FAULT COMMUNICATION:

Whenever the operator logs the fault on the OCS, the same is picked up the by the SERVER and logged into local database. Simultaneously, it sends out SMS alerts to the desired recipients and

“Flashes” a message on the ANUNCIATOR in the respective department.

Whenever the personnel from the support department reach the fault location, he communicates

the same to the SERVER by acknowledging the fault on the OCS. This is picked up by the SERVER and logged into local database. Simultaneously, the message display on the

ANUNCIATOR at respective department is held steady.

After the fault is cleared by the support department, he communicates the same to the SERVER

by performing a Fault RESET. This is picked up by the SERVER and logged into local database. Simultaneously, the message display on the ANUNCIATOR at respective department is cleared.

LOCAL DISPLAY:

The status of the line and the nature of faults encountered in the production line are also displayed on the local display of the SERVER. The person responsible for managing SERVER

(Supervisor) can keep track of the production activities by scrolling through different screens in

the display.

Whenever, the fault is picked-up by the SERVER, it drives the electronic hooter to alert the supervisor. Supervisor acknowledges the fault by pressing F1 (Function Key). With this operation

the hooter is switched OFF by the SERVER.

ELECTRONIC HOOTER:

The Electronic hooter is a multi tone hooter. Different tones are assigned to different nature of the fault. SERVER recognizes the nature of the fault and drives the respective Tone.

REMaining Time and LINE STOP Calculation

SERVER keeps track of Target (TAKT) time for required for Completion of Assembly process.

TAKT Time is pre-defined time configured in the system by the authorized person. Every day at the start of shift, the remaining time starts counting down from TAKT Time automatically. Once

the remaining time goes down to Zero or Nearing completion which can be configured, SERVER alerts the operators at each station by sending “Cycle complete” signal to all the OCSs in the line.



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The OCS switches on the “Cycle Complete” lamp at the operator station requesting for

acknowledge from all the stations. Once all operators confirm the completion of cycle by pressing the CYCLE COMPLETE push button, the same is picked up by the SERVER and next cycle starts.

REMaining time is reset to TAKT time and Timing-down is automatically initiated. This cycle repeats throughout the shift. TAKT time and REMaining Time are continuously updated on LAD

by SERVER.

SERVER stops counting the REM time under the following conditions: a. Morning Tea Break (MTB)

b. Lunch Time (LT) c. Noon Tea Break (NTB)

d. End of Shift The break times are pre-configured in SERVER by authorized personnel

If ONE or More stations do not confirm “CYCLE COMPLETE” then this results in LINE STOP situation. Immediately SERVER starts counting LINE STOP time. The line stop time counting is

stopped once all “CYCLE COMPLETE” is received from the respective stations. For each LINE STOP situation, SERVER logs the lost time into the local database with time stamp. SERVER also

stores the total time loss for the day. Time lost for in every cycle is added to the total time loss.

Time loss displayed on LAD is accumulated time for the entire shift.

If every cycle is completed without LINE STOP situation, then the TARGETED CYCLES are automatically achieved for the shift. TARGETED CYCLES = Total Shift Minutes – (MTB + LT +

NTB) / Target time. If the LINE STOP situation is encountered for a considerable amount of time during the shift,

then the last cycle would remain incomplete. The REM time stops counting at the end of Shift

and resume from the start of shift the following working day.

Digital Output for Enabling Music System: During the Break time, the SERVER switches ON a digital Output that can be used to switch on a

music system. Once the break time is completed, this output is Switched OFF.

DATA EXCHANGE:

SERVER keeps the log of all events picked up at OCS, TAKT time and LOST Time with time stamp for data exchange with customer’s server for reporting purposes. The format will be in .CSV or

.TXT or .XML.

It also maintains a data table showing the status of all connected lines, TAKT time, REM Time

and LOST Time for real time data exchange. This will be used by Third party applications for web based process visualizations.

LARGE ANDON DISPLAY:

LAD is used to display “CURRENT” information on the shop floor. Any person on the shop floor

will be able to get the snapshot of the ongoing process. A typical Layout of the ANDON display is shown below:



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This Display has two sections, TAKT time display and Assembly Line Status. TAKT time display

section also informs REM time, LINE STOP time, Current Date and Time. This information is

constantly updated by SERVER.

Status of Stations and Feeders are

ANNUNCIATOR: ANUNCIATORs are used to alert respective departments. ANUNCIATORs will be LCD Screen with

Thin client or 20 Window annunciators.

ANUNCIATORs also have integrated electronic buzzer which is sounded when ALARM messages

are displayed. The buzzer is silenced after a pre-defined time.

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