Andon system in Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is taking place at an exponentially fast speed, changing the context of the global economy and increasingly influencing Vietnam in both positive and negative ways. Manufacturing industries also face great opportunities and challenges. Efficient and economical production management is a concern for manufacturers - Andon system is born, promising to become a powerful support tool to help reduce excess costs, improve labor productivity. and thereby increasing the competitiveness of businesses.

    If Vietnam makes good use of the opportunities and overcomes the challenges, Vietnam will be able to narrow the development gap with advanced countries and soon realize its goal of becoming a modernized industrialized country. In the opposite case, the gap between the preceding countries continues to increase. As a country at a low level of development, Vietnam must have two parallel goals: not to be left behind in global competition and not to leave anyone behind in the growth process. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to continuously restructure the economy, associated with the growth model transformation, the application of science and technology needs to be further promoted.

Andon system in Industry 4.0

     Andon originated in Japan, with simple handcrafted ingredients. In the era of Industry 4.0, the Andon system began to approach and change the way of expression to suit many objects and uses. Specifically:

•  Use of smart devices: Besides traditional devices such as buttons, switches, zippers, lights, alarms … the system uses a combination of modern equipment in each production stage. At the fault detection stage, the system is equipped with sensors or production metering devices, the parameters are then evaluated by the comparison computer program with a given condition to output the signals. warning signal. The system displays the problem by TV screen, computer, email notification or message to the department in charge. The system not only informs 1 person once, but also has the ability to forward notifications to others if after a period of time no one has confirmed or responded to information processing. When troubleshooting is complete, the support can confirm on push-button devices, on the computer screen or simply the voice command microphone. The system will automatically identify and notify normal production status.
• -Using Andon system management software to integrate data with production management software: an important difference of the Andon system on Industry 4.0 is the management ability and the association. The system does not stop at the level of independent operation and is mainly informative. In the past, if you want to store the problem information such as the time of occurrence, the handling time, the troubleshooter, etc., you must manually record it in the book. Today, Andon systems use management software that allows managers to review the operation history of one or the entire production line in real time in the form of visual charts.

        The Andon system today also integrates with other computer software of other management systems in the factory. Help the manager to have a plan to replace and maintain the equipment in order to limit unnecessary failures that affect the plant’s production capacity. Or when the raw materials are finished each time, the production management system automatically subtracts the inventory of raw materials to set up the correct production process, without any shortage of raw materials to stop the line waiting for supply.

       Thus, in the era of Industry 4.0, the warning system of Andon production has been taking steps to meet production requirements. The role of Andon System is very important, if your factory is unknown and is not equipped with this system, contact us – Avani team is happy to introduce you to your specific details. The Andon system and the great economic value that the Andon system can bring.