What do you mean by Integration?

During many years of working with tanneries, we have seen a great variety of EDP systems installed in different environments. Currently most tanneries deploy a mix of standard software and custom-tailored components to match their specific requirements. Unfortunately, this approach entails extraordinarily high maintenance cost. The customized part needs to be adapted or redeveloped whenever the standard components are updated.

What are the other options?

The alternative is to use customized software only where it is absolutely necessary and to skip major software updates for the sake of compatibility, which results in a patchy, outmoded EDP system in due course.

What are the dangers of this approach?

There are numerous incompatible control units and measuring systems on the market. These systems can only be integrated with a significant development effort. Despite the diversity of systems being used, we have never found a truly integrated solution that automates all aspects of production and management.

What is normally used?

In practice, many tanneries adapt operations to the principles of their software in order to make things work. Of course, it should be the other way round. The software should be able to adapt to the operations principles of the plant.

What can you offer?

Incotec has developed a new, comprehensive software system - purpose-built for tanneries. Incotec wants to enable tanneries to integrate their automation systems, measurement apparatuses, monitoring systems, PCs, and management EDP system into an enterprise-spanning network: the computer integrated tannery.