Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

The Shop Floor Control Functions & Features comprise the following elements:

• Company Calendar

  Main modules below cover Maintains operation times and parameters for company, sites, or individual work centers;Lists site or work center capacity percentage by day;Calculates actual working time of processes, by work site or center, to established standards, as a percentage;Calendar can be imported and altered for use in different weeks, years, and work centers;Option to use a work center calendar or company calendar;Specifies number of shifts per calendar day;. Company Calendar, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Flow Manufacturing

  Flow manufacturing is a methodology used in manufacturing that pulls parts or components through the manufacturing process to where it finally reaches the finished product. Unlike discrete manufacturing which manufactures goods by batch production, flow manufacturing is usually based on single unit production. Essentially a mixed-model production method that operates on production lines that manufacture up to a specific quantity of a particular product each day. These lines also must have the ability to produce unlimited variations of that base product on any given day. Take, for instance, a production line dedicated to building manual car transmissions. A flow line for that product might have the capacity to build thirty transmissions per day. It also would be able to produce the appropriate mix of three-, four-, and five-speed transmissions needed to fill specific customer orders every day of the year. Flow lines achieve this precise level of mixed-model production because they are designed to ensure that each product is built within a specified amount of time. Once the total time it takes to build a product is determined, equal slices of that time are allocated for the performance of each operation along the line. This is called Takt time. In this way, each product moves through the production process at a steady rate from beginning to end without stopping. When executed properly, this single-unit manufacturing style enables products to move smoothly, precluding the need for excess inventory and preventing unnecessary queues and bottlenecks from forming on the shop floor. This syncopated movement of the product between workstations, also known as the drum beat, must be maintained so that the total time to build a product stays within the limits necessary for all products to be delivered on time. Flow Manufacturing, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Orders Dispatching

  Functionality covered Forward and backward scheduling includes what-if scenarios;Scheduling allows parallel operations and overlapping and partial lot quantities;Move, queue, setup, and run times can be scheduled for sequential and overlapping operations;Dispatch lists can be viewed online or be printed;Order fulfillment can be determined using back scheduling;Order fulfillment can be determined by using forward scheduling;. Orders Dispatching, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Material Picking and Kits Management

  Feature and functions covered Generates what-if picking lists;Generates what-if picking lists that indicate actual availability of components;Creates separate picking lists for each warehouse, store, etc.;Generates picking list by using picking logic such as location, batch, FIFO, or LIFO, zone, or pick-to-clear;Creates picking list based on what is needed during a specified period;Generates picking list based on delivery location or operation;. Material Picking and Kits Management, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Quality Control and Hazmat Reporting

  This covers Flow down of quality requirements from contract/sales order to production floor;Manages quality sampling procedures;Provides testing procedures and instructions in real time;Maintains pass or fail quality tests;Generates certificates for pass/fail quality testing;Handles customer requirements for testing;. Quality Control and Hazmat Reporting, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Work Centers and Machines

  Work centers and machines are specific production areas that can be considered as one unit for purposes of capacity requirements planning and detailed scheduling. These centers consist of one or more people or machines with similar capabilitites. Work Centers and Machines, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Production Inventory Control

  Feature and functions covered Identifies inventory as netting or non-netting;Stores PO receipts and records any changes;Transfers can be made among business units, sites, entities, etc.;Stores receipts for other types of transactions;Stores work order receipts;Assigns and stores work order credits;. Production Inventory Control, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• WIP Management

  Provides the ability to view a lot's entire history from beginning to end (including sub-assemblies). WIP Management, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features

• Production Orders Control and Reporting

  Production orders control and reporting is a document or group of documents that convey authority for the manufacture of specific parts or products in specialized quantities for the production control process. Different stages in this process direct and regulate the movement of goods through the complete manufacturing cycle, from the requisitioning of raw materials to the delivery of the finished products. Production Orders Control and Reporting, Shop Floor Control Functions & Features