Process Automation
The modern world imposes exceptionally high demands on the efficiency of logistics processes.
What’s more, it is critical that this efficiency is maintained at every stage of the supply chain. Issues in even a single link typically lead to reduced efficiency across the entire chain. Achieving the required efficiency is impossible without adopting modern digital technologies.
This customized approach ensures the fastest possible implementation of the solution while minimizing risks.
- The AXELOT SCM platform provides a complete toolkit for the comprehensive automation of supply chain management, where all components operate as a unified system.
- A key advantage of AXELOT SCM is that the selection and sequence of component implementation can be totally arbitrary and driven by the unique needs of each client.
This customized approach ensures the fastest possible implementation of the solution while minimizing risks.
What does the automation process entail?
Depending on the initial objectives and scale of the enterprise, AXELOT offers two primary approaches to automation project implementation:
The choice of implementation technology is determined by several criteria: the complexity and standardization level of business processes at the automation site, the Client’s readiness to adapt their business processes to the system’s standard capabilities, the operational intensity of the business, and the need for rapid system adaptation to frequently changing business processes within the organization.
The optimal implementation technology is individually tailored for each Client by our functional experts during the pre-project assessment and formation of the commercial proposal.
The applied technologies are specifically adapted for implementing the AXELOT SCM platform’s products and have years of proven use. Each technology includes a clearly defined set of actions that ensure the successful implementation of the project.
The optimal implementation technology is individually tailored for each Client by our functional experts during the pre-project assessment and formation of the commercial proposal.
The applied technologies are specifically adapted for implementing the AXELOT SCM platform’s products and have years of proven use. Each technology includes a clearly defined set of actions that ensure the successful implementation of the project.
Design Technology
Design Technology involves sequentially completing the following phases:
- Survey and design
- Implementation
- Training and testing
- System deployment into industrial operation
Transition to the next phase is only possible after completing the previous one.
This technology is characterized by extensive documentation and is used for automating enterprises of medium to high complexity and operational intensity, where unique business processes require detailed refinement and description.
Design technology comprises 4 phases. Each phase includes a series of tasks that lead to a finalized outcome at every stage.
This technology is characterized by extensive documentation and is used for automating enterprises of medium to high complexity and operational intensity, where unique business processes require detailed refinement and description.
Design technology comprises 4 phases. Each phase includes a series of tasks that lead to a finalized outcome at every stage.
Implementation project phases
Phase I. Planning and design
During the first phase of the project, our specialists conduct a detailed analysis of business processes and develop a functional scheme of the application solution aligned with these processes.
The outcome of the assessment is the conceptual design of the project. This document provides a detailed description of the operation of the automation object under the implemented system’s management,contains the integration scheme for data exchange with the Customer’s other information systems, as well as requirements for potential modifications to the implemented system.
Requirements for technical infrastructure (servers, workstations, wireless networks) and necessary equipment (data collection terminals, label printers, fuel level monitoring and control sensors, tablets, robotic equipment, etc.) are consolidated in the technical design of the project.
To systematize tasks for preparing the implemented system and automation object for launch, the methodology for object launch preparation is developed. This document outlines the list of tasks at each project phase, required from both the Contractor and the Customer, to ensure the successful deployment of the system into industrial operation.
Phase II. System and warehouse preparation for launch
During the second phase of the project, our specialists configure and conduct internal testing of the system layout, adhering to the requirements outlined in the conceptual design.
Integration with the customer’s other information systems is developed, necessary modifications to the implemented system are carried out, and work instructions for end users are created.
In the final phase a presentation of the system layout is conducted for the customer’s project team. For holding the presentation, the test case is developed. The document contains a detailed demonstration plan, step-by-step execution of processes and the expected outcomes of these processes. Upon completion of the phase, the finalized layout is formally handed over to the Customer.
Phase III. Training and acceptance testing
Methodology for conducting acceptance testing
At the third phase of the project, the final preparation of the automation facility for launch is completed, end users are trained directly on-site, and test operation of the implemented system and technical infrastructure is conducted.
At the third phase of the project, the final preparation of the automation facility for launch is completed, end users are trained directly on-site, and test operation of the implemented system and technical infrastructure is conducted.
The training program is customized for each Customer, taking into account the diverse job responsibilities of employees as well as the number of users.
Each trained user undergoes an assessment procedure and receives a certificate of training completion upon successful evaluation.
After employee training is completed, test operation begins, with the main purpose of final verification of system readiness, technical infrastructure, and personnel for transition to the next stage. Testing is conducted according to a pre-developed scenario outlined in the Acceptance Testing Methodology document. This document contains a detailed testing plan covering the maximum number of processes, including those with possible deviations from the direct process.
User training and test operation are conducted as part of a single phase, aiming not only to reduce the risks of launching a new system but also to receive feedback from end users in a comfortable mode. Based on the results of the test operation, a decision is made to proceed to the next phase and put the system into industrial operation.
Phase IV. System Deployment and Initial Support
During the fourth stage of the project, the system is put into production operation and initial maintenance begins.
Primary data required for operation is entered into the system, and the Customer's employees independently work in the new system. At the same time, specialists from our project team are on-site and provide consulting services to support users, resolve emerging incidents, and explore potential system development.
