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Controls As Part of The Bigger Picture
Controls As Part of The Bigger Picture
The launch of a new product created on an automated line may be synchronised with a
marketing campaign, and it will also have broad implications for logistics and storage
from the raw materials through to the final point of sale. The hardest thing to move in
the AMHS business is the system handover date, so delivering a new line on time is
crucial to its profitability. From the day the contract for an AMHS is signed, however,
there are risks associated with every constituent component delivery, a risk which is
magnified by system changes resulting from evolving end user requirements. Although
delivery variability can be taken into account, each delay puts pressure on the controls
testing phase and threatens the system delivery schedule.