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System solution for Bulk & Break bulk handling & Terminals
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ABOUT DBIS
IBJ award for IT
Solution for
History in a nutshell Bulk Terminals
‘12
4th generation
software released
Turnkey
Winner US US Associated Trml
Electrical and
Grain Elevator Mississippi River
Automation
and Processing
Projects
Society Award Acquired by TBA
for Innovation and part of
Terex
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ABOUT DBIS
25 installations in 5 continents
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A typical situation
Management
Operations
Customer
Finance Planning
Supervision
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System Disconnection
Customer
information
Progress reports,
order booking, stock
level
ERP
And many
Financials, Costs, CRM,
Taxes
others
Maintenance, vessel
Terminal management, etc.
management
system
Equipment
Control Measuring
(SCADA) devices
Weighing systems,
barcode and RFID
readers
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TMS in the IT landscape
Customer
interfaces
Progress
ERP reports, order
Financials, Costs, booking, stock
CRM, Taxes level
And many
Terminal
others
management
Maintenance, vessel
system management, etc
Equipment Measuring
Control devices
(SCADA) Weighing systems,
barcode and RFID
readers
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USING TMS SYSTEMS RESULTS IN
Management
Operations
TMS
Software
Customer
Finance Planning
Supervision
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Integration & Control is key
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TMS Functionality
Manage reception, storage and delivery
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Hard to get data
Mobile/Bar Codes/RFID
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Automation & Measurement Sending the
cargo to the
correct
store
Tonnes over
weigh belts
Run time hours
Root cause of
faults
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Weighing systems
Unmanned Driver Interface
with printer, trucks released
from site with correct
documentation, turn round
times logged
Barrier
integrated to
truck scale
system
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COMMTRAC TMS IN DETAIL FOR GRAIN BULK
REAL TIME PROCESS VISUALISATION
As the vessel is unloaded the system updates in real time using data gathered
from the weighing & automation layer
WHEN A SHIP ARRIVES
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STOCK & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
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HISTORY AND TRACEABILITY
Customer contracts
View events in
either graphical or
list form
Configurable event
types to allow root
cause analysis 31
User Configurable Checklists
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TRUCK AND RAIL MANAGEMENT & WEIGHING
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MANAGING GATE, WEIGH BRIDGE & SILO ROUTES
Display a dynamic and user adjustable view of the weighbridge lanes and the bin layout, as well as an
overview of the current bin contents. The weighbridge operator has control and information from
this screen to select the route (Bin) for the vehicle on the bridge and will request auto or manual
weighs from the system.
Automatic Report Generation
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REPORTS
COMMTRAC IN DETAIL
Automatically generate
invoices against
configurable contract
terms, drastically reducing
administration
Stakeholder portal
Allow customers to access
key data via secure web
portal
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MANY INTERFACE STANDARD
TMS integrates with Scada using OPS Server from KEP Ware. This
is a standard protocol to receive/send data to Scada
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COMMTRAC FINANCIAL
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Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for
terminals
Business improvement
Measure
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COMMTRAC IN DETAIL
Information gathered
Accurate information
from automation
allows you to analysis
systems gives us
performance and help
reliable, accurate
make key decisions on how
process data. .
to improve. 46
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BULK GRAIN - CommTrac Existing facilities :
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Implementing CommTrac
Smooth implementation from start to
finish
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IMPLEMENTATION
Steps to implementation
Business analysis
Understand each others busisness
Questionnaire
Fill in our questionnaire
Business Case
Discuss and agree on business case
Budget indication
Define min/max budget
Site visit
Functional requirements
Implementation
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IMPLEMENTATION
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Business case example
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Selection of Automation Project references
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