TECH & AI
“ That system ran on the S400 , it was nearing its end of life . And we needed to re-platform that .
“ We discussed doing it in a very different way . We said , look , technology is moving to the cloud . The cloud provides lots of opportunity services and technology that ’ s unavailable on-prem along with the ability to scale and modernise , which is important in a manufacturing environment .”
In partnership with Output Industries Apollo created the Apollo Manufacturing Execution System ( MES ) which runs entirely in the cloud . This state-ofthe-art industry 4.0 platform tracks production , downtime , cycle time performance , energy consumption
ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING LIMDA THROUGH THE CLOUD FOR APOLLO TYRES
• The ability to integrate AI services that only run on The Cloud
• Greater manufacturing agility and scalability
• More accessible innovation of processes
• Better prediction and identification of faults and inefficiencies
• A drastic reduction in faults and errors in the production process
• Improved inventory accuracy
• Reduced waste , improving sustainability
• Enabling economies of scale and coordination between plants and asset utilisation , giving profound insight into optimising and organising manufacturing performance .
This level of cloud integration is unprecedented , even among the most innovative manufacturing firms – and then , Apollo Tyres did something else unprecedented .
“ We said , okay , let ’ s pilot it in our biggest ever plant in Chennai ,” says Hizmy .
So far this pilot has been a groundbreaking success . Four
116 September 2024