Facilities need to run at optimum capacity. Lost production time and associated costs cannot be recovered and there is no spare capacity in which to make those missing units. Each manufacturing step is dependent on the next. Every point in the chain needs to be constantly monitored, serviced and supplied.

The communication between the robots, the production plant machinery and the staff operate at a pre-emptive level; information flow is fundamental to the operation of a site. Managing ongoing maintenance and routine supplies prevents issues from escalating and eliminates any loss in production.

Our unified communications systems include functions that resolve these issues to future-proof the successful operation of your plant.

Through the deployment of IoT technology, bespoke alerts can be built into your communication system to match your exact needs. These can be to raise an alert to dispatch the nearest available worker, to manage the feeding supplies to the robots (such as welding wire or oil), answering an alert for overheating or dealing with planned preventative maintenance.

To provide further value, there is an escalation process should a call or alert remain unanswered. The management team automatically receive the first level of alert and further alerts will be generated to the next group of personnel in the chain and so on. This process provides valuable management information and ensures that the call has been responded to resulting in the effective management of staff and resources on site to minimise down time and reduce costs.

The same integrated communications system should be a functional part of all alarm systems. For example, the radio communications system combined with telemetry will speed up the response to a fire alarm.