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‘Virtual Factory’ for D&P International Projects Ltd

The Challenge

D&P are responsible for de-commissioning and selling a major car component factory (the buildings, manufacturing lines, technical library, laboratories etc) in the Midlands to an overseas buyer.  They needed a tool to assist them in cataloguing, de-commissioning, selling and the re-assembly of the factory and decided to commission the production of a programme on DVD.

The capture of video footage and photographic content needed to be completed to a tight schedule prior to shut-down of individual lines.

The AVT Solution

AVT developed an interactive programme that offered a true graphical representation of the working plant, enabling users to easily and efficiently search the whole factory for individual manufacturing lines and technical information on all factory assets.  They would also be able to access photographs and video footage of individual machines in operation – in effect a ‘virtual factory’ on dvd.

The programme structure was developed to provide the client with the ability to update individual machine information and to add text to currently unpopulated descriptive fields, themselves.  It was also designed with future projects in mind, enabling easy re-population of information for similar future projects.

The programme interface provides easy navigation around the virtual factory.  A graphic of the whole factory floor plan, populated by hotspots, provides access to individual manufacturing lines and facilities; a navigation system utilising a scroll feature has been developed to enable users to easily travel around each manufacturing line, in order to access asset information, photos and video footage of over 300 individual machines.

The Results

The programme, which was completed in 3 months, satisfies all of the client’s objectives, and AVT’s thorough production process helped the client to ensure that asset information was complete and accurate.  The final product has provided the client with an ideal and innovative solution for this, as well as future projects.

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