ACC – India’s no.1 cement company – Having more than 10,000 employees in 20 Regions with more than 75 locations are secured with more than 300 smart I Controllers...

1. ChallengeFaced:-
Themajorchallengefacedinthissitewas;theenvironmentwhere
thesecementfactoriesaresituatedcomeunderextremehot
temperaturewithfluctuatingpowerconditions.Thereweremore
than20ROswithoutanyconnectivitywiththeHO.Theywantedto
useMs-Accessdatabaseforaround10000employeesand300
controllers.PracticallyitwasnotpossibletouseAccessdatabasecontrollers.PracticallyitwasnotpossibletouseAccessdatabase
forsuchabigsite.
SolutionOffered:-
OurinstallerEviskahasinstalledsingledoorcontrollerswith
DownloadEngineasasolutiontotheirrequirement.The
connectivityproblem issolvedbyinstallingdifferentDownload
EnginesoftwareatallROs.Thedatagetsdownloaded
independentlyindifferentdatabase.Acustomizedlogfileiscreatedindependentlyindifferentdatabase.Acustomizedlogfileiscreated
whichissenttoHOandisimportedinSAP.ThedistinctIN/OUT
Punchesproblem issolvedbyconnecting2differentsingledoor
controllerconfiguredtoINandOUTrespectivelyandthekeypadis
lockedsothatnobodycanchangeit.TheSAPintegrationistaken
carebygeneratingacustomizedlogfileandexportingittotheSAP
application.Empcode,Empnamearewritteninthecard.Onswiping
thecards;thereaderswilldisplaythesameontheLCDscreenonthecards;thereaderswilldisplaythesameontheLCDscreenon
thesingledoorcontroller.
Technology/ProductUsed:-
ACC:-
1)NoofEmployees:-8000
2)Typeofcontrollersused:-SingleDoorControllerwithbatterybackup
powersupply.(Quantity-180nos)
3)NoofLocations:-16
AmbujaCements:-
1)NoofEmployees:-4500
2)Typeofcontrollersused:-SingleDoorControllerwithbatterybackup
powersupply.(Quantity-80nos)
3)NoofLocations:-21
ACCConcrete:-
1)NoofEmployees:-1000
2)Typeofcontrollersused:-SingleDoorControllerwithbatterybackup
powersupply.(Quantity-40nos)
3)NoofLocations:-40
MigrationPlan:-
Thedecentralizeddatabaseisnowtobetransferredtoacentralized
database.WewillbemigratingACC’sdesktopversiontoaclient-server
version.
Customercasestudy
AmbujaCement,ACCConcreteLtdandACCLtdtogetherforms
Holsim group.ACCLimitedisIndia’sforemostcement
manufacturerwithacountrywidenetworkoffactoriesand
marketingoffices.Establishedin1936,ACChasbeenapioneer
andtrend-setterincementandconcretetechnology.Among
thefirstcompaniesinIndiatoincludecommitmentto
environmentprotectionasacorporateobjective,ACChaswonenvironmentprotectionasacorporateobjective,ACChaswon
accoladesforenvironmentfriendlymeasurestakenatitsplants
andmines,andhasalsobeenfelicitatedforitsactsofgood
corporatecitizenship
Holcim Grouphasabout70locationsinPANIndia,20Regional
OfficesandHOinMumbai.70locationsareconnectedtoits
RegionalOfficesbyTCP/IP.Thereisnocommunication
betweenthelocationsofdifferentRegionsandbetweenROsbetweenthelocationsofdifferentRegionsandbetweenROs
andHO.
Theattendancedataofthelocationswastobedownloadedin
theirrespectiveROs.TheywantedafacilitythattheADMINat
ROwouldbeabletoseethereportoftheirrespective
locations.
Thedatabases&thereportswerediscreteatallROs.SAP
integrationwastobedoneatHO.integrationwastobedoneatHO.
TheyalsorequireddistinctIn/Outpunches.Theyweregoingto
usedifferentreadersforInandOutwithLCDdisplay.Thecard
number;EmpcodeandEmployeeNameweretobewrittenon
thecard.
Holcim Group
(AmbujaCement,ACCConcrete,ACCLtd)

2. Flow Diagram of
Holcim Group
Architectureof
Holcim setup