"Operations Management" is a development and demonstration platform for innovative solutions in industrial organization and the optimization of production operations and supply chains within the context of Industry 4.0.
The platform's main objectives are:
- Simulating a real supply chain to test innovative, research-driven solutions.
- Observing and analyzing the collaboration and coexistence between operators and new technologies.
- Collecting realistic, real-time datasets from the production system to feed new "smart" algorithms
The Platform
The platform covers a 290m² area where digital resources (big data management, IoT, information systems, artificial intelligence, etc.) and physical systems (cobots, autonomous logistics robots, connected workstations, automated storage systems, etc.) are deployed. The platform is used for teaching and research by various entities. It has the distinctive feature of being rapidly reconfigurable, allowing different production scenarios to be tested. Finally, the platform relies on an interdisciplinary approach (SPI-SHS) with a "human-centered" vision of Industry 4.0
Platform equipment
- Connected and ergonomic workstations for the workshop area.
- An automated storage and retrieval cabinet for the warehouse area.
- Two autonomous internal logistics robots (AIVs) that agilely ensure the continuity of physical flows within the workshop.
- Two robotic arms capable of performing multiple tasks using various tools, operating in the same environment as the human operator and interacting with them.
- Equipment to capture data from the physical system: IoT, geolocation, barcode scanners, RFID tags, and tablets for the workstations. These tools will be used to observe user activity and workflows, allowing workstations to evolve toward a more collaborative and interactive context.
- Large-format touch screens to visualize workshop workflows, anticipate changes in workstation configurations, set up digital twins, facilitate the operators' adaptation to these changes, and display certain optimization research results.
- Two exoskeletons to support operators in their logistics activities and to conduct ergonomic studies and optimizations.
- Industrial information systems, specifically an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), to align physical and information flows.
The Operations Management platform serves a diverse audience. It is designed for education, research, and technology transfer. Researchers from the G-SCOP laboratory, in collaboration with other laboratories on the Grenoble campus (LIG, PACTE, etc.), will be able to share their expertise and develop knowledge in industrial engineering, computer science, robotics, ergonomics, and more.
