WCS system multi-scenario command and dispatch, technology empowers Rapoo smart equipment

With the dual promotion of economy and science and technology, China's intelligent manufacturing has entered a period of rapid development, and logistics warehousing has begun to move towards digitalization . Through the Internet of Things, informatization and mechatronics, efficient management of intelligent stereoscopic warehouses can be achieved, thereby reducing warehousing costs and improving warehousing operation efficiency. The development of intelligent warehousing and logistics systems is inseparable from the two key factors of logistics equipment and system software. Usually, the system software is composed of two parts: warehouse management system (WMS) and equipment control system (WCS), which achieve upper and lower system task interaction. Rapoo's intelligent equipment adapts to the changing business needs of enterprises, flexibly deploys software systems, supports customized WCS systems, and can help enterprises achieve refined management of operation processes.

The full name of the WCS system is the warehouse equipment control system, also known as the warehouse equipment scheduling system. The WCS system can be seamlessly connected to the upper-level WMS system, and is a control system between the WMS system and the PLC system. The WCS system exchanges information with the WMS system, receives instructions from the WMS system, and sends them to the PLC system, thereby driving the production line to perform corresponding operations. The WCS system performs parameter configuration control through task decomposition, and commands and dispatches various equipment in the stereoscopic warehouse, such as stackers, AGVs, elevators, etc. The WCS system realizes the integration, unified scheduling and monitoring of various equipment system interfaces, and can also feedback the status and data of the equipment in real time on the interface, and issue early warnings in time when encountering abnormalities, which greatly improves the company's warehousing production efficiency and safety.

The WCS system is also known as the "warehouse site monitor". It is mainly used to monitor the operating status of equipment, monitor the equipment status of each node throughout the process, and intuitively display the warehouse site situation in a visual form in front of the warehouse keeper. The basic functions of the WCS system include receiving the operation instructions of the WMS system, forming storage link operation instructions through combination and splitting, distributing them to various automation systems, and monitoring the system's on-site operating status and feeding it back to the WMS system. The WCS scheduling system has the characteristics of real-time communication, real-time control, equipment monitoring, and fault warning. It means that it can interact with the WMS system in real time, control the equipment in real time, obtain the equipment's working status and task execution status, and promptly issue equipment fault warnings on the system interface.

The WCS system is more connected with the equipment and materials on site, and has multi-scenario command and dispatch, with little intersection at the business level. The WCS system has many advantages, such as dispatching logistics equipment to execute business processes according to the optimal path, tracing operation information, visually monitoring equipment operation status, recording system operation logs, and supporting inbound and outbound instruction queries. After the WMS system and the WCS system are integrated, the warehousing process can be quickly processed, the warehouse business process can be standardized, and efficient warehousing management efficiency and higher competitiveness can be brought to the enterprise.

With the rapid development of the domestic intelligent warehousing and logistics industry, in order to improve the scheduling management of intelligent warehousing systems, reduce the complexity of the relationship between module interfaces, and improve the maintenance and other performance of the system, many companies will choose a suitable WCS system based on their own warehousing needs. The WCS system supports customized development. The tailor-made system can automatically manage the production line and ensure the effective operation of the warehouse. At the same time, the customized WCS system generally supports secondary development, which can cater to the changing business needs of enterprises and realize multi-terminal processing and multiple ways of docking. In addition, the WCS system has a configurable data analysis function that can automatically generate relevant reports to facilitate enterprise review.

In order to improve the overall operation level of warehousing, modern enterprises will use information construction as an important carrier to realize scientific and technological warehousing, and implement fine management and precise control of each operation link of warehousing, in order to improve operating efficiency and reduce enterprise labor costs. The deployment of software such as the WCS scheduling system can bring the possibility of efficient management of warehousing and logistics. It is an effective way to realize the automation, efficiency and precision of intelligent vertical warehouses, and can bring more development to enterprises. Rapoo Intelligent Equipment has rich industry experience in the field of intelligent manufacturing. We will provide one-stop intelligent warehousing and logistics solution customization services based on the actual needs of customers, and create a comprehensive, reliable and feasible warehouse collaborative management platform to help enterprises achieve digital innovation.

About Rapoo Smart Equipment

Shenzhen Rapoo Robotics Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as: RRS Rapoo Intelligent Equipment) is committed to becoming a pioneer in professional services for intelligent warehousing and logistics. As early as 2012, the parent company Rapoo Technology began to explore the transformation of robot automated production and intelligent factories in the factory, and was selected as the first batch of intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration units by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2015. Since the robot automation upgrade and transformation of Rapoo's factory itself has been widely recognized by the industry and has been reported by CCTV Economic Half Hour, South Korea's KBS, and the United States HBO. At present, the main business is robot system integration, intelligent logistics equipment, automated stereoscopic warehouses and warehousing and logistics equipment, tailor-made overall intelligent manufacturing solutions for customers, and jointly develop and design intelligent simulation systems and digital twin systems with several major domestic universities. On the basis of intelligent equipment, it deeply integrates digitalization to help them build digital intelligent factories, promote the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing intelligence, and empower the manufacturing industry.