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Carl Fredrik Bernmar - Toyota Material Handling
1. Autopilot – Vehicle Automation – Flexible Automation in Existing processes.
Vehicle automation
in existing environments, existing processes.
Autopilot makes
warehouse trucks driverless.
2017-10-11 / Carl-Fredrik Bernmar
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2. The Solution
What is I_Site?
• Telematics unit
• Additional sensors
• Back office system
(ERP)
• Field engineers’
service
assignments
Support
I_Site – Leading forklift telematics.
4. A ”Conversion trend” has started Indoor truck operations becomes driverless.
Autopilot solutions makes Toyota warehouse trucks driverless.
Productivity improvement via Automation – Mechanized Automation and/or Vehicle Automation.
Material handling productivity
(truck based operations)
1990 Today
Options
Max
Semi-automation / Vehicle Automation
(existing warehouses / mixed fleets, <1MEUR)
Comment:
Highly integrated large scale projects with huge impact on
customer operation. Significant change of operation needed.
Full automation is not flexible.
→Long leadtimes. Large investment.
Advantages:
•Improve productivity in
existing processes, step-by-step
•Maintain flexibility
•Portable solution
•Reasonable investment
Comment:
Increase productivity in existing environments is possible.
Mixed fleet: manual & automated.
The power of automated vehicles in existing processes is
greater. Now broadly adopted by customers.
→Short leadtimes. Affordable investments.
and / or
Full Automation / Mechanization
(”green field”, 5-250 MEUR)
Semi-automation / Vehicle Automation
(existing operations / mixed fleets, <1MEUR)
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Industrial operations eagerly strive
for productivity increase.
For significant improvement,
Automation is a must.
Automation
Only Automation can
significantly improve
productivity
Technical feasibility: 50%
Commercial feasibility: 50%
25% of all truck processes can
be automated – today.
TMH is the transformation leader.
Advantages:
•High capacity
•Low labor dependency
•Drives standardisation
•High profile
5. Mixed fleet
Use automated trucks
in mixed use
with traditional trucks
- Key for successManual trucks
Standard Trucks
Integrated solutions,
mechanization
and AGVs
Automated trucks
Standard Trucks – Driverless,
Flexible and Portable solution,
Quick time-to-money,
Full service and rental.
Vehicle Automation is
Smart automation
Our offering – Our position:
Mixed Manual and Automated trucks.
• Automated vehicles, true part
of existing truck fleets.
– OEM product, supplied by Toyota.
– Financiation (rental).
– Service & Maintenance.
– Incremental implementation,
vehicle-by-vehicle,
process-by-process.
– Manageable change management.
• Integrated solutions.
– Seamless mix of solutions.
– Portable solution – Flexible fleet.
– Integration to host IT solutions,
when needed.
• Flexible Automation
– Limited change in existing
operation.
– In existing environment.
• Affordable Automation
Autopilot – Vehicle Automation – Manual and Automated vehicles in mixed operation.
A ”Conversion trend” has started Indoor truck operations becomes driverless.
Autopilot solutions makes Toyota warehouse trucks driverless.5
Investment / Payback time
Picks/TransportsperHour
6. • Offerings: Vehicle Automation solutions – two levels (two families).
– Automated guided cart solutions – AGC (based on “Simple AGV” from TICO).
TAE050 – Towing and carrying of light weights (<500 kg).
Standardized and fixed solutions. Limited feature set.
Very easy to install (customers are self-managed, all installation and start-up).
Limited functionality, suitable for internal light weight goods transportation on trolleys.
Can be provided by any Toyota/BT channel (product and service provider).
– Automated guided vehicle solutions – AGV (based on warehouse trucks – Autopilot – AGF).
Full range of warehouse truck solutions.
Standardized yet fully customizable solutions. “Unlimited” feature set.
Based on OEM warehouse trucks – all in-house.
Customized system solutions provided by local Toyota/BT Autopilot
engineering/commissioning teams, supported from TMHE-LS (Gothenburg, Sweden).
Provided by selected&trained Toyota/BT channels (product and service provider).
Vehicle service and System support contracts (SLA’s).
Vehicle Automation – Two product lines.
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7. Autopilot vehicles
Autopilot – Scope of supply and System architecture with Integration interfaces.
Autopilot
(Navigation & Guidance technology)
Project
(Design and Installation)
System Software
(Order management and Traffic control)
LPE SPE OSE RRE
Based on OEM warehouse trucks
TSE
3rd party supply
WMS / ERP / MES / MFC / WCS Order / Mission queue
Toyota scope of supply
…and project work
(”engineering”)
with regional teams
PLC
Gateway
PLC networks
I/O box
• Scope of supply and typical integration interfaces.
System
software
Complete system solutions
GUI & Storage planner
Autopilot
System Manager
”Stand-alone”architecture
”Integrated”architecture
Barcode
Pushbuttons
Toyota
Order Manager
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Panels
9. Autopilot – Selected references.
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• Totally >650 vehicles in 150 systems.
• Selected examples in 12 countries.
– 6 different Autopilot vehicle models.
– In almost all industry segments
- Food production.
- Food retail DC (picking).
- 3PL DC / cross-docking.
- Medical/Cosmetics.
- Non-food DC.
- Printing.
- Industrial production.
- Industrial warehousing.
– Active in 18 regions in Europe
and in Taiwan and Australia.
Offical references