Potential Future Innovations for dry Chemical Logistics in ...

Potential Future Innovations for dry Chemical Logistics in the GCC

Dr. Wolfgang Hoppmann, CEO, SCHMIDT

Future Innovations in Dry Bulk Logistics• Features in Dry Bulk Logistics Handling

• Automation – Functional Excellence

• Digitalisation

• IoT and Logistics

• Schmidt Vision 2025

Agenda

Getting Ready for the Future: SC 4.0

Features in Dry Bulk Logistics Handling

Overview in-plant logistics

• Production Management

Planning of production by using

Logistics Set-up and Marketing demand

• Warehouse Management

– Goods Receiving, internal handling, Goods

Issue

– Storage (silos, warehouse)

– Value Added Services (bagging up-to

3500 bags/line, drying, separation…)

• Yard Logistics (fully automated)

– Traffic flow (check-in – yard processes –

check-out)

– Weighing

– Time Slot Management

– Container Depot

• Transport Management

Production Silo-Farm

Silo Truck

Palletized

Container Bulk

Container

Truck

Silo Truck

3

Rail Waggon

Rail Waggon

One line reaching 130 MT/h capacity

Integrated IT structure


Intermodal supply chain solutions

Advantages (Rail/Road)

High Flexibility

Low Carbon Footprint

Safe Transport

A Combination of storage & Transport

Schmidt built, financed and operate intermodal Terminals in EUROPE

Carbon dioxide = greenhouse gas = climate change

Train 30%

Truck = 100%


Transmission Packed to Bulk

Advantages

Higher Logistics througput capacity

Saving packaging material

EUPOPE / US has 60-100 % bulk

Low carbon footprint

Economic in case of 5000 MT/anno

of one type

Cost reduction

Higher Quality for end customer

5

Prefered Solution for POLYMER PARK, KIZAD or

converters near by of Production site


Since November 2017 at one of our facilities

15 sewer tunnels equipped with sieves

32 storm sewers equipped with sieves

212 gutters sealed

Frequent inspections

Clean Sweep program


Clean Sweep program


Automation and Functional Excellence

Bulk loadingToday

- Manual Loading , 1-2 operator

Bulk loadingTomorrow:

- Automated Movement of Trailer, AGV,

- Fully automated loading



Pallet movementToday

- Manual Forklift movements (high risk of

accidents)

- Huge Man power needed

Pallet movementTomorrow

- Automated Forklift movements, AGV

- Fully automated



Transport Today

- Truck driver , high risk of incidents

Transport Tomorrow

- Fully automated transport of all kind of vehicles

- Container, Silo boxes, Trailer, handover of Trailer



Co-Bots: Collaborative Robot

Collaborative Robots are working together with humans and are not seperated by safety guards

Collaborative Robots equipped with sensorsopen totally new applications in Logistics, forexample:

– Support of Commissioning Process

– Execution of transportion tasks


Digitalization

Container

Depot

Silo Farm

Marking,

BaggingConveyor

LoadingArea(Palletized Goods)

Storage bins for palletized

goods

3 Warehouse

Storage of consumable

products• Storage of mainly spare parts and

packaging material (consumables)

Delivery of

consumables

Parking area

(out-site)

• Storage of palletised goods

• n bins

• m Pallets per bin

• Load bays for truck loading

Bulk Load

Bagging lines – each with

scale and conveyor

1

E

2

F

DI

Palletizing,

Labeling,

Stretching (hood)

Gate

A• Reach stacker for container

movements

• Storage of full and empty

containers

Harbour IImobile scales for weighing

within the loading process

Blender

Silos

Production

Inventory

Ma

teria

lHandlin

g

Truck Scales

B

Off-Site

Dis

trib

utio

n

B

ParkingArea

(in-site) C


Digitalisation, Interfaces

Sys

tem

Inte

gra

tion

Connectivity to technical level

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Business Partner

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Mo

bile

Sca

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3rd Party Systems and

Services

System for On-Site Logistics Operations

Ba

ggin

gL

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DCSDistributed Control

System

Ve

hic

leS

ca

les

Ca

me

ras

Transport-

planning

Transport Management

Production

Planning

Material

Management…

ERP System

Platform for Time Slot

Booking

Notification

Booking

Transports

Delivery for

Bulk-LoadProduction Order

for Bagging

Product

Master data

Stock

information

Transport Service

Provider

Shipping Company

Trucking Company

Fo

rklif

tC

on

tro

l

Syste

m

(Fork

lifts

,and

Reach

Sta

cker)

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rrie

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s)

Pla

nn

ing

Le

ve

l

Prin

ters


Digitalisation

Fully integrated Logistics IT


IoT and Logistics

RFID

WLAN / WAN

/ WEB

User Apps

Mandanten

Application/

IoT/Sensoren

WEB

Integration

ManagementMDT GUI

.Net

MD

T/

HT

ML

5

WLAN / WEB

An

dro

id,

iOS

Win

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ws

Mo

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Ba

ck

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TM

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Cli

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ts

Inte

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aye

r

WH

Technic/

Automation /

SPS

Voice-

Terminals

Bluetooth-

Beacon

Near

Field

Communi-

cation

SensorsVoice

assistance

Telematrie


Vision 2025


Vision 2025


Schmidt Vision 2025

• Schmidt will be a leading company for innovation when it comes to dry bulk logistics

• Start thinking out of the box; one bagging line capacity 3500 bags/h, fully automated

operations; reducing man power by 70 %; Promoting Bulk instead of packed

• Fully integrated IT including from the production wheel of the production to the end user

• Schmidt will focus as Logistic service provider in 4 PL start from production till the pellets are

in the hopper of the extruder of the converter

• Automation and Digitalisation can lead to a lot of improvements

• Provide FEED Study to open the doors for innovations for our customer

• Benchmark: 3 USD/MT for onsite logistics , including CAPEX&OPEX; 50.000 MT/operator


Schmidt Support

Bulk storage and

handling

Operate

Dry bulk

transport

Transport

EPC Contracts

Build

Consultancy

service

Design

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