Factory management and transport automation

This paper presents a global solution developed for integrating the warehouses transportation system based on a fleet of automated industrial forklifts in the factory management. Each industrial forklift has been completely automated using external and internal sensors. An ERP system, as information system, has been installed in order to handle the whole factory management process. A SCADA application has also been implemented for monitoring the industrial vehicles in the plant. It also acts as an interface between the ERP and the process itself. Finally, three vehicle transportation modes have been developed and validated in the system: teleoperation, path-tracking and line tracking.