Some industrial companies prefer to define their own work processes, instead of using solutions that only cover the most common needs in the sector. Either because their processes require a high level of detail or because they look for a way to differentiate themselves from their competition by being more effective in certain areas.

It is important that these processes can be defined quickly and easily by a modeler, not by expert developers. On the one hand, the definition of processes indicates who should do each task and in what order. While the business rules mark certain essential restrictions for the operation of the processes, they may vary over time or from one company to another, so it is necessary that they can be modified without the need to reprogram the application. Once the processes are defined, the rules engine optimizes its execution, applying the indicated restrictions and making the necessary calculations to find the best possible way to distribute the work among the people, machines and automatisms responsible for carrying it out, in addition to monitoring the correct fulfilment of all of these tasks in real time.

Process management can be present in many areas of industrial companies, such as commercial, administrative, purchasing management or warehousing, the latter being one in which Imatia has the most experience with and has a specific solution. This solution is integrated with the ERP and the corporate WMS, the systems in charge of managing the company in general and the movements within its warehouses, as well as with all the applications used to manage their automated systems (Warehouse Automation Systems), as they are the machines and the mobile robots that carry out the different logistic processes. At Imatia we offer both the possibility of making such integration, and to provide this type of solution. In the case of robotics, these solutions are currently focused on the autonomous transport of goods (logistics train) and displacement on land or at low levels (stacker).