Solution for the slab yard logistics at Dofasco Hamilton

The Canadian steelmaker Dofasco Inc. has charged PSI with the delivery of a management system for the slab yard logistics at their site in Hamilton, Ontario.

The system will be developed on the basis of the vertical industry solution PSImetals WTM (Warehouse and Transport Management). It will support Dofasco in managing five slab yards at the headquarters in Hamilton and with the timely and optimised ordering of the transportation of the slabs for further processing.

In future the position of every single slab will be administered by PSImetals WTM, whereby the slabs will no longer have to be manually labelled as has been the case. To accomplish this Dofasco is simultaneously installing a GPS-based system with the PSI solution. The GPS system will track the position of the cranes and the slab carriers, thus increasing safety in the warehouse areas.

The start-up of operations with the solution is scheduled for the second half of 2008.