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BackgroundBackground

Background

Alan Miles has provided a wide range of computer related products and services as an innovator, developer and IT Manager for small to medium businesses.
Automated WeighingAutomated Weighing

Automated Weighing

Automated Weighing - various applications in dairy and meat industries. Automated milk powder weighing and packaging applications. Convenient weighing, grading and record keeping in meat processing.
BizTermBizTerm

BizTerm

BizTerm™ is a telnet terminal emulator compatible with Windows 7 specifically designed for Pick Systems® D3® multidimensional database.
CrusaderCrusader

Crusader

Crusader is an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial management solution.
Dough ConsistencyDough Consistency

Dough Consistency

Dough Consistency Controller that automatically adjusts for water content in bread dough.
EDI ServerEDI Server

EDI Server

Business to business electronic document exchange including e-mailed purchase orders, invoices and statements, and various graphically printed documents.
Email ServicesEmail Services

Email Services

An e-mail services facility that allows e-mails to be scheduled on a regular basis, to deliver a wide range of reports.
Enterprise ExplorerEnterprise Explorer

Enterprise Explorer

Enterprise Explorer™ is a business intelligence tool that is intuitive, flexible, comprehensive, and quick to use.
Environmental MonitorEnvironmental Monitor

Environmental Monitor

Environmental Monitoring used in coolstores and greenhouses.
MVMirrorMVMirror

MVMirror

MVMirror is a real-time bidirectional gateway between D3 and SQL Server databases.
Older ProjectsOlder Projects

Older Projects

Summary of early projects and clients
Production MonitoringProduction Monitoring

Production Monitoring

This system was an early and very successful attempt to automate specific manufacturing business processes and monitoring not just the rate of production, but the reasons for and period of down-time.
Timber TreatmentTimber Treatment

Timber Treatment

Automation of a timber pressure treatment plant for the preservation of timber.
Energy ManagementEnergy Management

Energy Management

Automated control of energy usage to reduce cost while maintaining asdequate environmental conditions and production processes.
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Production Monitoring

Accurate information obtained directly from the factory benefits all aspects of management and process control, including purchasing, production planning, factory supervision, sales and accounting.  This system was an early and very successful attempt to automate specific manufacturing business processes and monitoring not just the rate of production, but the reasons for and period of down-time.

The product was comprised of a distributed network of up to 100 devices linked together to provide individual machine performance monitoring, whilst concentrating information for management purposes at a centralised IBM PC. This provided accurate information directly from the factory to the office, allowing improved production planning, factory supervision, and inventory management as well as more timely accounting.

Each device had two independently operating microcomputers inside – one to do the monitoring and control functions, and the other to provide keyboard, screen and communications functions.  I wrote all production monitor code using Motorola 6800 Micro-Assembler.  The PC application code was sub-contracted to developers using Pascal, but I wrote the PC communications and data management code using Microsoft 8080 Macro-Assembler, hosted on IBM DOS 2.0.

The monitors were coloured bright red as the environment they were designed for was quite drab, with most colours being combinations of grey and green.  This was more successful than I had expected, as the operators appreciated the concept and carefully kept them clean despite being in some very dirty areas.

Production Monitor

Miles Industrial Systems - Production Monitor PM341

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