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Digitalisation

Digitalisation Meets Automation

Gilgen Logistics AG increasingly focuses on digitalisation in conjunction with Augmented Reality as part of Industry 4.0 for its custom-developed intralogistics systems. The initial projects have already been successfully implemented.

For over 60 years Gilgen Logistics AG has been at the forefront of intralogistics systems. Now, it's moving into the next major development step. Digitalisation does not stop at high-bay warehouses and the associated logistics.

Augmented Reality

Walk Virtually Through the Facility and Assist in Maintenance

The application possibilities with Augmented Reality are diverse. From support in sales to faster reaction times in case of disruptions, the entire process is covered.

Further information

Digitised Down to Every Single Screw

For several years, we have started exploring and developing the possibilities of digitalisation on intralogistics systems.

Each step in the overall process contributes something to digitalisation, but ultimately benefits from it. To make this possible, all individual elements must be precisely recorded in the system. Here, data is prepared only once and passed along throughout the process, worked on, and step-by-step supplemented and enriched with further data and parameters, like a modular system. In the end, the unique customer facility is digitally recorded down to the individual screw.

Augmented Reality makes digitalisation visible and can support work in various ways

We aim for our systems to be an important part of our customers' value chain as part of Industry 4.0. Thus, all our conveying systems will be digitally supported in the future and push automation further

Daniel Gilgen, CEO

Digital Facility

With the Digital Facility, the customer can directly access all information such as plans, service dates, various statistics, and spare part numbers without searching through long lists. Along with animated instructions, the safety in handling the facility is increased and errors are reduced. This is a Just-in-time know-how transfer. At the same time, the process at Gilgen Logistics is accelerated and simplified. Where previously hundreds of paper pages were used for parts lists in assembly production, now almost only digital work is done.

Advantages and Benefits

With the digitalisation of the intralogistics facility, sustainability, efficiency, operability, and availability are all enhanced.
  • The communication between the facility operator and the manufacturer is simplified due to the available information and its simplified retrievability via the QR code.
  • Through remote support, a specialist can intervene on the facility. This leads to shorter reaction and also downtime. Additionally, this saves travel costs.
  • A significant amount of paper is saved over the lifetime of the facility.
  • The most important information about the facility is directly and clearly available.
  • Manufacturers and customers save time throughout the entire process, and errors are minimized.
  • Maintenance operations by the manufacturer are transparently reported and can be accessed at any time.
  • A spare parts order can be automated.
  • Animated maintenance and assembly sequences simplify the work and create trust.