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AIS to Supply Slab Yard Management System for SSAB Tunnplåt

10/09/2007 - SSAB Tunnplåt contracts the AIS Group to implement its Slab Yard Management system on two of the company’s slab yards in Borlänge, Sweden.

SSAB Tunnplåt AB has contracted the AIS Group to implement its Slab Yard Management (SYM) system on SSAB’s two slab yards in Borlänge, Sweden.
 
The SYM system will work as an integrated solution for managing slabs throughout the whole process in the slab yard. The project will cover the entire slab yard area, from the entry of slabs into the plant (by train) to the charging of slabs into the reheat furnace for the hot strip mill.
 
The new system will manage detailed information about each material unit, including details on modifications due to additional treatment or thermal conservation. The SYM system will also optimize slab movements such as train unloading, piling and re-piling, and load-carrier loading and off-loading. The system will also manage transport tracking of the load carriers by truck. Users will able to access all data generated before and after material treatments, and will also be able to overview the tasks to be done in the near future. The system will be fully integrated with SSAB’s other IT systems, cranes, load carriers, and trucks.
 
“This project will allow us to handle larger volumes of slabs with less manual workload and higher quality on the existing slab yard areas,” said Mr. Lars-Erik Stenberg, SSAB Project Manager. “We are convinced that it will succeed and that we can reduce the number of employees and still be better and handle larger volumes. We seek to achieve more efficient usage of our limited space for slabs and minimize crane/slabs movement.”
 
Upon startup, the SYM system will offer a complete view of the inventory, providing ease in locating any slab at any time, fast and accurate execution of material transport, and a decrease in material damages by reducing the number of transports.
 
The project started in the second quarter of 2007, and is due to finish in March of 2008.
 
Headquartered in Linz, Austria, the AIS Group is a leading supplier of planning and scheduling systems for the metals industry.