AGV Storage Qualification and Supply Continuity
An automated guided vehicle programme required storage for 3,000 units on a monthly delivery schedule during a period of severe component shortage.
Application Overview
An automated guided vehicle programme storing real-time data on an SoC platform, delivered monthly against a production schedule.
Project Requirements
AGV operation involves continuous data writing during movement, so storage latency bears directly on vehicle availability.
Deliveries were scheduled monthly against production during a period of severe supply shortage across the component market.
Project Configuration
M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0 at 128GB and 256GB.
Project configuration as recorded for this programme. Current product availability is listed under Products.
Qualification & Implementation
- Bill-of-materials control maintaining hardware and firmware consistency across deliveries.
- Alternative specifications prepared in advance so that material cost movement did not interrupt the line.
- Validation and sampling scheduled within the monthly delivery cycle.
Recorded Outcomes
3,000 units were deployed with validation, sampling and monthly delivery on schedule. Supply continuity held at 100% through the shortage period, with stable read and write behaviour recorded on the SoC platform.
Key Engineering Factors
Hardware and firmware held identical across every delivery.
Delivery planning aligned to the monthly production schedule.
Alternative specifications qualified in advance of need.