Also known as "WIP Systems", these shop floor data collection systems are typically used whenever "work" (typically something that's being manufactured, fabricated, repaired or otherwise "worked on") needs to be tracked as it travels between a number of workstations or departments. Using bar codes (or RFID) to identify the work order or actual work item, personnel, performed tasks, conditions, and other valuable data can be easily and efficiently recorded and amassed.
In somewhat simple terms, a WIP system might record information related to:
- What (what thing or job?)
- Where (where it is/was it located?)
- Task or operation (what work was done?)
- Who (who did the work?)
- Duration (how long did it take them?)
- Output (how many units were produced and/or scrapped?)
Aurora has a number of different packaged and customizable WIP systems that can be used in everything from a small print shop to a sophisticated large-scale manufacturing plant. Our ViewPoint system is relatively simple and comes packaged and is fundamentally a "where is it?" system. On the other hand, Constellation is employed when the data collection needs are more complex and is typically configured specifically for each client's unique purposes.
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