Tactical Controls Honored for Barcode, Printer, & Vision System application.
Tactical Controls/Campbell’s Soup Company were recently awarded Best Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) Application by Wonderware at the Invensys OpsManage 09 Conference.
At the recent Invensys OpsManage 09 Conference held in Anaheim, CA, Tactical Controls, LLC in conjunction with Campbell’s Soup Company were chosen as a contest winner for the Wonderware Open 2009 Competition. Among many applicants and great ideas from all across North America, Tactical Control’s Barcode, Printer, & Vision System entry was chosen as the Best Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) Application of 2009.
The Wonderware Open award was designed to recognize developers for their noteworthy Wonderware-based solutions that enable innovation for real-time operational excellence. Application entries focused on performance management based on or integrated with Wonderware software. Entries were judged upon through several different areas including:
- Production Performance
- Reporting/Aggregation
- Quality
- Traceability
- Downtime
- OEE
- KPI
The Barcode, Printer and Vision System Application is used for Quality Assurance and Line Configuration for Labeling Lines at Campbell Soup Supply Company. The main goal for Campbell Soup Supply Company’s standpoint was to eliminate the possibility of a mislabeled product which could get out to the consumer. Through this application we are able to develop a standard industry solution.
The system uses a centralized database to extract product data and configures Barcode Readers, Printers and Vision Systems on the labeling lines for operation. While the lines are operating the system processes Barcodes in Real Time, up to 3000 Barcodes/Min, and calculates statistical information on each line. Wrong barcodes read are time stamped and logged to a Historian Database.
The Barcode, Printer & Vision System was designed to be configurable by each plant without reprogramming the system. Each production line can be independently named to allow for a tailored system to the plants’ specifications. This system has state of the art tracking capabilities. Many custom interface drivers have been developed for communications to a wide array of Barcode Readers and Printers. The system uses off the shelf software, Wonderware, to allow for system maintenance and upgrades.
Excerpt from the Wonderware Press Release:
The “Best Manufacturing Intelligence Application” awarded to Campbell Soup highlighted the company’s improvements in barcode, printer and vision system applications. The new system supported by Wonderware technology enabled the company to discover gaps in its quality system and reduced labeling issues by 97 percent. The solution saved Campbell’s approximately $250,000 in engineering costs, and can be easily deployed to other Campbell’s plants without the need for recoding.
“The adoption of the scanning technology has been hugely successful,” said Ann Gasiorek, Campbell Soup Worldwide Quality.
All submitted entries were judged by a panel composed of members of the press, industry analysts and members of the Wonderware Sales and Marketing group.
We are thrilled here Tactical Controls to continue to thrive and excel as a leading developer in the manufacturing industry and that our accomplishments have been able to gain praise and admiration from our peers, it’s a great compliment to our engineering staff.