Factivity

SHOP FLOOR Factivity delivers information to the factory floor in a "paperless" solution that delivers important manufacturing information to operators and supervisors. As information is collected, it is analyzed in real-time, providing appropriate checks, alerts and messages so corrective action can take place. As a by-product of better floor visibility and control, this floor level control allows effective error proofing of data updating files. DOCUMENTS MODULE An electronic floor communication system that promotes collaboration between various documents (quality, instructions, drawings, etc.) and the employees that use them to build parts/ products through a paperless approach to quality control/ document delivery and making it actionable. MACHINE MONITORING MODULE Real-Time monitoring of floor assets provides the bridge for updating job status, consuming raw materials, recording labor and enabling visibility to important resources without operator data entry. Detail events are captured and summarized in to such well known metrics as OEE with identification to specific assets. JOB TIME EDIT MODULE Promotes better Supervisor control over employee records by allowing approval all operator shift records during or at the end of a shift. Every activity record for direct and indirect tasks will have a start and stop time. Production or scrap quantities are recorded along with the time information and presented in one screen for quick and easy approval. Pre-set “rules” such a changing the actual job start time for the shift to the calendar “shift record start time” can be accomplish automatically. Job records for an entire shift can be approved at the touch of a button. PLANNING & SCHEDULING WORKBENCH Provides your production scheduler with powerful graphical interfaces which can be used to visually "optimize" real-time work loads across work centers. The interfaces can be optimized with custom filters and advanced planning functions to automatically arrange your work requirements based on your customer criteria and deliver it to the floor. TIME & ATTENDANCE WORKBENCH Accountability of the workers for overall employee effectiveness using a supervisor shift edit "window" into time clock and job records throughout the shift. Provides the basis for comparison of payroll hours to job hours (costing) and minimizes labor variances while improving productivity of the workforce. FACTIVITY RF Extends the core MES business functionality beyond the Work-in-Process factory floor modules and into the Inventory Control functions. This includes: Sales Order, Shipping, Purchase Order Receiving, Paperless Warehouse Dispatching. Inventory data is updated from the hand held devices in real-time at the point-of-use, saving transacting time and eliminating guess work. FAQ's Factivity has several add-on modules that are "tailored" to meet the specific requirements of each client. How does touch screen design differ from a bar code collection system? • FACTIVITY does not require paper - it is an electronic floor system. • FACTIVITY shows real time information about orders and operations with up-to-minute dispatch lists (schedules) to help keep the most important jobs on top and in focus. • FACTIVITY has a finite scheduler built in to provide realistic line-up of work at each work center. • FACTIVITY analyzes your time standards, in real time and alerts you to problems as they occur. • FACTIVITY connects directly to floor assets. Some of the people on our factory floor cannot read...is that a problem with your system? No, FACTIVITY is an intuitive system that does not use a "left-to-right" orientation of other systems. It uses big, colorful buttons that lead the operator through the data collection process quickly. Many of our customers have spent as little as 2 HOURS training the operator before going live. How do I justify implementing FACTIVITY? You can justify the FACTIVITY system... • If you don't have good visibility to every floor order on a real time basis. • If the labor time from the floor today via time tickets is sometimes inaccurate. • If job reporting takes too long. • If you want to shrink your manufacturing cycle time. • If you want to go "paperless" on the factory floor. • If you need to improve the accuracy of your standards. • If you need to improve customer service. Do I need to have a network in place or can you install it for us? FACTIVITY runs on an NT or UNIX/LINUX server. We can install it (and order the hardware) if you like. The touch screen reporting stations (workstations on the floor) run on Windows. Can touch screens hold up on our factory floor? Yes, many of our customers have found the touch screen to be the best choice for a new factory floor system. They are designed to handle temperature changes and extremely harsh manufacturing environments. Can FACTIVITY provide time and attendance reporting? Yes, FACTIVITY has a feature to allow a worker to sign into the factory at any workstation or, if you like, when he/ she starts the first job of the day. Can our machines "talk" to FACTIVITY to record information about production and down time? Yes, FACTIVITY is a standard "open" network system that allows interfacing to floor machines.

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