The Ident-Gate-System (IGS) now presented by Sick fulfills the basic requirements of the Supply Chain Management Act and goes even further. With the help of various sensors for object detection, goods identification and direction recognition, the IGS contributes to greater transparency in incoming and outgoing goods. Depending on requirements, the relevant characteristics of the delivery can be recorded and compared. It is also possible to provide modular connection points for different sensors in the system. In this way, the IGS creates transparent logistics and supply chains and thus the possibility of optimization. The Smart Gate can also help companies to optimize incoming goods through automatic delivery notification checks, avoid errors such as incorrect loading in outgoing goods and shipping and implement security requirements.

Identportal with ERP connection and cloud option

The IGS is used for object and goods identification at loading gates, internal hall crossings and other locations relevant for recording material movements. The size of the gantry can be flexibly dimensioned so that forklifts and loads of different heights and widths can pass underneath. The modular approach also makes it possible to combine technologies with one another. Cameras are used to identify barcodes or 2D codes. If required, the portal can be supplemented or replaced by a pulse-reading RFID read/write device in UHF technology with an integrated antenna. Reliable direction detection and reader triggering is also possible with the aid of 2D lidar sensors. 3D snapshot cameras can be added if volume detection or load protrusion detection - i.e. load carrier classification and counting - is also required. A simple traffic light display clearly shows the operating status.

As an option, a touch display can be used to visualize detailed information about the consignment and enable processing at the same time. In addition, the IGS middleware provides an overview of the flow of goods via a graphical user interface (GUI). Thanks to seamless integration, the system can transfer the recorded data to the higher-level enterprise resource planning, warehouse management or cloud system or synchronize it independently. Finally, the modular design of the IGS also enables a wide range of customized and application-specific hardware and software adaptations.

Contactless object and goods identification in real time

The Supply Chain Duty of Care Act affects a large number of locally and globally operating companies in Germany. Currently, the market segment "trade and discount" as well as automotive companies and animal suppliers are particularly affected by legally compliant transparency in the material flow. This is where the IGS is primarily used. During operation, the IGS portal is started either manually via a delivery order, by software or by the sensor system. The basic data on incoming goods or goods to be dispatched is provided by the customer's IT system in the IGS software. This includes labeled objects, goods, pallets, small and special load carriers or other transport aids. All of them are identified by barcode, 2D code or RFID, recorded in their direction of movement if required, compared with the shipping notification or the loading list, synchronized and displayed via GUI.

This ensures that only objects that are transported through the IGS are detected. This excludes goods or loads that are parked nearby or are being transported in cross-traffic, as well as people passing through the portal. The receipt or loading status is displayed to the operating personnel on site. The same applies to error messages, such as incorrect loading or quantity deviations, which may indicate possible theft. Once the goods have been received, accepted or loaded, this is acknowledged and the order is completed. Any number of IGS can be operated within a building complex, including along loading ramps with several gates. The systems do not influence each other and can be easily integrated and networked in IT structures. They therefore also support the increasing digitalization of internal and logistical transport processes.