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SmartSpace - Modular Software Platform
Ubisense`s SmartSpace is a modular software platform that manages real-time location and identification data from multiple sources to support industrial-scale, mission-critical visibility and control applications.
Delivering new levels of visibility and control, SmartSpace provides a foundation platform for manufacturers’ Industry 4.0 strategy. Enabling customers to create a real-time digital twin of the production environment, Ubisense’s technology connects activities in the real world to manufacturing execution and planning systems, making real-world processes involving moving assets visible and measurable.
SmartSpace closes a fundamental data-gap between production systems and real-world physical activities which cannot be connected to the enterprise LAN.
- To facilitate building sensor-rich, industrial-scale implementations, SmartSpace is fully sensor-independent, taking in and handling location and identification events from almost any data source, including third‑party sensors, third-party tag readers, barcode or other software systems (such as RDBMS, ERP or MES).
- Scalability and real-time performance lie at the core of the SmartSpace architecture, allowing users to build applications that scale from micro‑installations (small control systems running on a single machine) through to large sites with several servers and thousands of sensors, devices, people etc., all with predictable performance.
- SmartSpace is divided into a set of functional blocks called components that can be plugged together in different ways. Within each component, application builders have multiple similarly themed features available for building applications that match customer requirements and end-user behaviour
SmartSpace closes a fundamental data gap between production systems and real-world physical activities which cannot be connected to the enterprise LAN. Using location as an accurate context cue, SmartSpace plugs in to the movements and interactions of real-world objects, creating a real-time digital twin of all untethered production activity. By connecting people and systems to this production reality, SmartSpace can be used to monitor, control and optimise process for increased quality, productivity and flexibility.
SmartSpace is a distributed controls platform that uses location as an accurate context-cue to create software-defined work zones anywhere. These work zones can be created, modified and moved in real-time, either manually or automatically, to establish the situational-awareness needed to trigger product- or process-specific controls. In so doing, SmartSpace becomes a foundational component of Industry 4.0, enabling the factory to continuously adapt itself to the current production reality.
Read moreSmartSpace is the single unifying platform that can be tailored to address a wide range of production applications and adapt to plant-specific production strategies. In any process where movement demands a need for location context, SmartSpace becomes the single hub for visibility and control applications, seamlessly connecting all departments across materials handling, assembly, finishing and shipping. For global manufacturers who must accommodate local deviations from their best-practice blueprint, SmartSpace is the common platform which can be effortlessly tuned to meet the needs of plant-specific visibility and control strategies.
Read moreSmartSpace monitors the location of tools and equipment throughout multiple production sites, where build and test processes are widely dispersed. Operations teams can now instantly find required resources, increasing productivity and decreasing order-to-delivery times by eliminating search waste.
Read moreSmartSpace brings multiple different assembly and MRO verification processes together in a reliable, digital build record for complex products and assemblies. With both real-time and digital-ledger capabilities integrated into one platform, operations teams can rely on SmartSpace to immediately identify non-conforming tool, equipment or parts use within their assembly process, while quality and compliance teams gain a digital build record that is unmatched in both detail and reliability.
Ubisense monitors the flow of trailers and containers in the yard and detects deviations from schedule creating a real-time view of status and alerts. Operations teams can now proactively maintain JIT and JIS parts flow into the plant and from dock to point of consumption.
Read moreUbisense virtualises physical process controls and removes the constraints of traditionally fixed workstations. Planning teams are now free from fixed TAKT times and can better align process design with product complexity. Operational teams can quickly reconfigure and rebalance the line to rapidly react to product and process changes.
SmartSpace continuously monitors the flow and interaction of products in and around the test and repair department, capturing real-time insight into WIP status and location, repair area availability and adherence to planned flows and delivery targets. With the aid of real-time guidance, automatic flow verification and detailed process audits, operations teams can now proactively route WIP for optimal productivity and continuous improvement teams can quickly identify process waste and instability.
Read moreUbisense monitors the flow of kits and subassemblies through the plant and detects deviations from plan creating a real-time view of status and alerts. Operations teams can now proactively maintain JIT and JIS flow from origin to point-of-use with the aid of real-time guidance and automatic verification.
Read moreSmartSpace continuously monitors the movement of tools and equipment throughout the production process, revealing real-world movements, utilisation and detecting non-compliant use. This real-time view of utilisation enables operations teams to improve productivity by ensuring tools and equipment are optimally distributed and used, non-conformant tools are quarantined and inventory levels are optimised.
Read moreSmartSpace monitors the location of WIP in the yard, where high volumes of finished and unfinished product are widely dispersed around site, awaiting the next phase in their production lifecycle. Operations teams can now instantly find individual or groups of products, increasing productivity by eliminating search waste.
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