Chemicals & Process Industry
Six and a Half Years of Small Reorders
Over six and a half years, a chemical group repeatedly ordered small sensor and display solutions from IOX.
Project / Client
A chemical group with a site in Germany.
From July 2018 to December 2024, one specialist department ordered from IOX again and again. Each individual order was small; the relationship was long.
The Situation
A specialist department within a large group had small, recurring tasks. One of them: consumables should be reorderable at the push of a button, with a display showing the order status. Another task concerned monitoring climate and pressure values in the production environment.
In a large group, a single problem like this rarely justifies its own IT project. What is needed is a ready-made, small solution without investment approval or supplier audit.
The Key Question
How can a recurring everyday problem in production be solved without the specialist department having to set up a large IT project?
What We Built
PRODUCT
- IoT button with e-paper display for reordering consumables
- sensor for acoustic condition monitoring
- sensors for climate and pipeline pressure
SYSTEM
- cloud and connectivity integration, so that orders and measured values reach the client without its own IT infrastructure
The Result
Over six and a half years, a series of small devices was created: an order button with e-paper display, a condition monitoring sensor and sensors for climate and pipeline pressure.
Reordering consumables happens at the push of a button at the storage location, with the status shown on the display. The cloud and connectivity connection runs continuously.
The case shows how small an entry into a large group can be. No big digital strategy was needed – just a specialist department with an everyday problem.