Fully wireless warehousing for fast delivery of "sweetness"

Real time connectivity improves warehouse efficiency
Perhaps you may find it unbelievable, but without deploying high-quality wireless solutions in various warehouses, products like Shengdi Candy may not be as sweet. In fact, Wi Fi is crucial for the daily operations of RuSheng, as it effectively supports high bandwidth warehouse management systems (WMS) that optimize the transmission of raw materials and finished products, automate tedious manual tasks, and greatly save physical space and production costs. 50 terminals are deployed in the warehouse to connect to the network to provide production data. Any network failure or downtime could potentially interrupt the entire production process, thereby affecting the quality of products delivered to end-users.

Vladyslav Samko, the head of the IT Infrastructure Department at RuSheng Company, said, "As equipment ages, the business always faces the risk of failure and negative impacts. Therefore, we are seeking a reliable enterprise level solution to replace our existing wireless network that has been in use for about seven years." In addition, RuSheng's IT team hopes to achieve redundant backup of wireless access controllers (AC), so that in the event of a failure of the primary AC controller, the backup controller can smoothly take over and seamlessly safeguard the business.

Fast and reliable Wi Fi connection brings earth shattering changes
As early as 2018, the management of RuSheng hoped to deploy a network solution to provide seamless network connectivity for warehouse staff and help them perform warehouse related operations through wireless terminals. Huawei conducted in-depth research and fully understood the on-site situation, and designed a customized solution for RuSheng that perfectly matched RuSheng's demands. Huawei suggests adopting next-generation wireless AC and AP technologies to improve network coverage and speed, in order to support more data collection terminals and mobile terminals accessing the network simultaneously.

Usually, warehouses are built of steel and have many metal frames inside. This may cause Wi Fi signals to be completely blocked. Therefore, Huawei recommends using the AP4000 series products with external antennas, which have upgraded the existing wiring and antennas. At the same time, it is equipped with Huawei AC6000 series wireless local area network (WLAN) AC, which has high scalability and can flexibly configure the number of APs to be managed.

Of course, upgrading the network is not easy. Mr. Samko said, 'The most difficult part is how to keep the existing wireless data collection terminals running, as they do not even support the most basic modern wireless network standards, such as IEEE 802.11r and IEEE 802.11k.'. However, after a long period of testing, it has been proven that Huawei's solution can match the configuration of wireless network AC, thus supporting the normal operation of all terminals. ”

For the latest warehouse launched in 2020, RuSheng has chosen the Huawei AirEngine 6000 series AP. This product supports Wi Fi 6 and can be paired with multiple external antennas to meet the needs of complex scenarios such as warehouses. Compared with similar Wi Fi 6 products in the industry, the built-in smart antenna of Huawei AP can increase the coverage radius by 20% and improve the signal strength at the same location by 100%.

The deployment of the AirEngine 6000 series will also help RuSheng Warehouse adopt Internet of Things (IoT) based solutions to support future development. Huawei AP supports low-power Bluetooth BLE5.0 by default. In addition, through the built-in dual IoT slot design and USB interface, it can flexibly support multiple IoT protocols such as RFID on one AP, meeting the access needs of various IoT terminals. In the future, by using sensors, RFID tags, autonomous driving robots (AMRs), and autonomous vehicles (AGVs), warehouse managers will be able to track goods in real-time, making the entire supply chain process smoother and more efficient.

The key is to pay attention to details
Any successful wireless warehouse project requires in-depth and rigorous planning and design. Architects must collect and carefully evaluate all data related to the warehouse environment and its inventory. In the end, Huawei, with its attention to details, collaborated with RuSheng to design wireless networks and successfully deployed warehouse network solutions.

Huawei's solution provides maximum coverage over a wider range through carefully deployed smart antennas and APs, ensuring reliable signals and high-quality wireless coverage 24/7, achieving zero blind spot coverage. Even in indoor environments with ceilings up to 12 meters, its Wi Fi performance can meet all requirements.

Mr. Samko summarized, "Huawei's wireless network solution is of high quality and reliability, meeting our requirements for cost-effectiveness and quality. The system has been running for over two years without any improvement or additional intervention. Our warehouse business can run smoothly 24 hours a day, so we are very satisfied with the entire system

Nowadays, employees of RuSheng can access the internet anytime and anywhere in the company warehouse for work. And with more convenient communication, their work efficiency has significantly improved. Due to the ability to select products from the shelves faster and more accurately to update orders, the storage and delivery system of Sheng has been greatly enhanced. With more and more IoT applications going online, the AirEngine solution in the new warehouse is also ready for future development, effectively protecting company investments - adding icing on the cake to the company.