Production

BING Power Systems GmbH

Nuremberg (D)

Development supplier for manufacturers of automobiles, motorcycles and engines

Central Warehouse

15.000m warehouse floor, 5 paternoster lifts (Megamat), 14.000 paternoster boxes, automatic small parts warehouse (Klinkhammer) with 13,000 boxes of small parts and 15,000 articles. 6,000 - 8,000 BING carburetors and valves.

PROLAG® World 1.5 for Windows

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Modules

Paternoster control, order picking system, load unit of various sizes, PROLAG® Data Converter, forklift routing system used internally.

Logistics/Special features

Graphical display of containers in paternoster. Both small and large containers are located on the same shelf. A graphical display aids the task of picking at the paternoster. The system is embedded in a SAP environment. Container numbers are scanned in via a SAP screen. Management and control of the parts in the containers is the responsibility of PROLAG® World. Three containers are stored in a row in the small parts store. The double-cycles on storage and retrieval cause these to change places.

Host System

SAP R/3 V.4.6 WM-LSR over Standard IDOC interface.

Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2003

Control System

The automatic small parts store is controlled by a Siemens S5 control system. This is connected to PROLAG® WOrld via a H1 bus converter, ethernet and TCP/IP. The WMS controls the small parts store using a Witron messaging system. INAT Echochange converts TCP/IP to H1-Bus.

Users

The paternoster system has 5 PROLAG® World clients. Additionally, one client is used by SAP from the Klinkhammer facility to picking, two are used by the control system. In total, 8 clients.

Case Study (German only)

Usersbericht BING Power Systems

Press Release (German only)

Logistische Power für Zulieferer der Automobil- und Motorradindustrie (26.07.2004)