Features

LeanOrder offers various ordering mechanisms which, depending on the means of production used on the shop floor, enable employees to easily trigger replenishment orders:

• Rotation of a box (TurnTag, RotationTag),
• Pushing a button (PushTag),
• Placement of a box on a shelf (DetectionShelf),
• Automatic weight measuring of articles in a box (WeightShelf, WeightSkid),
• Automatic stock level measurement of articles in a box (LevelScan)
• Inventory measurement by tracking the supply and removal of boxes in flow racks (ePlacer "Inventory" and "Checkout")

System Architecture

LeanOrder's modular system architecture comprises three levels, each consisting of different components:

• Wireless LeanOrder ordering systems, such as the TurnTag, PushTag or a DetectionShelf; these battery-powered devices are installed at boxes, shelves or workstations and allow easy triggering of a replenishment order by employees on the shop floor.
• LeanOrder Controller: All ordering processes are wirelessly received by the LeanOrder Controller and transmitted via an M2M/ WLAN/ LAN connection to the LeanOrder Control Suite and from there to the customer's central IT system (ERP, MES).
• LeanOrder Control Suite: The LeanOrder Control Suite software monitors all system components, checks the plausibility of orders and transmits them to the customer's IT systems.

The LeanOrder solution supports both, vendor managed inventory solutions (C-parts management by service providers) and electronic Kanban cycles (e-Kanban) for industrial customers. The two generic system architectures are presented below.