TAUDAS stands for “TAUDAS Taunus Data Service UG (limited)” located in Berlin. TAUDAS has become the IT logistics partner for many well-known companies (see: references).
TAUDAS specializes in the interface between warehouse management systems (WMS) and the physical stock. Referring to customer demands the “stock” is tracked on mobile or stationary terminals. Furthermore the different interfaces to the automatic storage systems can be controlled.
TAUDAS delivers functionality depending on the complexity of customer needs. Starting with simple interface adapters these functions can be extended to complete material flow control systems (MFC) offering diverse strategies as the link between warehouse management and warehouse stock. TAUDAS enables outsourcing of the entire picking and shipping processes from WMS.
Warehouse and Shipping: TAUDAS delivers customer specific processes and strategies without the need to change the warehouse management system. Apart from packing optimization, orders can be handled in a multilevel and parallel way and/or can be specially clustered and prioritized. TAUDAS maintains a constant workload on all of the systems.
Warehouse Management: Because the warehouse management system SAP is supported by default, orders are taken and acknowledged in the form of IDOCs. User specific enhancements can be integrated without any problems. Warehouse specific processes like “bin empty” and “bin full” are easily dealt with. The use of TAUDAS is particularly suited where multiple underlying systems have to be controlled homogeneously. TAUDAS is also applicable if the underlying system cannot support SAP directly. Another benefit is the cancellation of SAP customizing and decoupling via asynchronous work flow (for instance: TAUDAS is able to work while a delivery is temporarily blocked etc.).
Beside SAP, other WMS can be supported, for example “E+P”.
Picking/Shipment: Customer related processes provide picking and shipping.
Hand held mobile terminals using Windows CE are employed. Scanning of stock units, load units and material helps reduce errors. Using minimized step dialogs, the use of small displays is possible, for instance with DATALOGIC Memor.
For permanently stationed picking the use of complex forms is made possible by using larger monitors.
Automatic Systems: Material flow equipment exists in different forms such as stock systems (e.g. automatic cranes) and continuous conveyers. TAUDAS manages the orders of the WMS. It maintains the control systems of material handling equipment utilizing transportation orders.
The underlying systems often exist in the form of programmable logic controls (PLCs). Siemens S5 and S7 are some well known examples. These controls communicate via TCP/IP or UDP or older serial protocols (like DUST3964R).
Simulation: Besides the described material flow system, TAUDAS delivers a material flow simulation system. This system is similar to an MFC, yet only interfaces with simulated technical equipment. This established method can help reduce the costs of diverse placement into operations. The simulator is normally connected with the test environment of the WMS. In this way, bringing the WMS into service can be realized. Also new software releases can be tested. If required the simulator can be delivered without MFC.
Technical Base / License Policy: TAUDAS deploys a specific client-server architecture. Within the project, the framework will be offered without any additional license costs (after approval). The C/C++ program code is delivered open source and can be used within the project without any restrictions. Note that the program code will not become customer property, it is not permitted to copy or sell the code outside of the project.
Microsoft Visual Studio is used as the development framework. In order to generate the source code, Microsoft Excel is needed. The implementation of Windows (server) is recommended even if the program code is mainly native C. The operation within a virtual environment is tried and tested.
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