imprint management information systems

SHOP FLOOR DATA CAPTURE

A superb module, battle hardened after some 10 years in the work place. SFDC offers more individual and immediate advantages, in one hit, than any other. It should no longer be regarded as an option but as an essential part of a fast moving, accurate and effective Management Information System.

Operatives no longer use their time struggling to complete a manual time sheet each day.
Accuracy of the data captured exceeds anything hitherto available from manual time sheets.
No office time is wasted each day keying in the hand written time sheets.
Live viewing on screen of the current position of every job, of every collection centre and of every operative (updating every 10 seconds). Particularly useful to Production Controllers.

Environmentally protected, diskless, PC’s are used as terminals. With a full screen colour monitor and a choice of input devices; Keyboards, Barcode readers, Pressure pads, or Touch screens. The data captured is live-on-line to the central file server so that an individual terminal can be turned off, or temporarily used for other purposes without any loss.

A full screen monitor allows for far better error checking of the input; permits viewing of the Works Instructions and allows alterations to be flagged direct to operators. The Production Controller can use any terminal to gain access to the Planning Board or any other part of the system (via his password): He does not have to return to his office to find the next job due on press and whether the paper is ready; etc.

Functions

Operators log in first by entering their code and log off again when they leave.
Screen sequence is Operator Code; Job Number; Cost Centre; Operation Code; Quantity run (if relevant); Narrative Comment (optional).
The first screen will display the operator’s current status and default to the same job if required.
The job number will display its Works Instruction. The Cost Centres and Operation Codes available are only those configured for the operator; and the quantity run and comment fields only appear when configured against a relevant operation code.
The Imprint help screens are especially useful to those who cannot remember codes.
Operators may be allowed (via a password) to correct errors and omissions.
Paper and other materials may be booked to jobs through the same screens simply by entering the appropriate Cost Centre (the screen questioning alters accordingly).
Daily time sheets are printed out in the office each morning. They may be edited before posting.

Set Up Files

Configure the system; Configure the stations; Configure the view screens.
Some stations may be configured to be specific to one machine. This allows for the least amount of input keystrokes and integrates to the Production Control planning board.
Other stations may be configured as ‘General Purpose’ with a few of terminals covering the whole factory giving equal access to everybody and every centre. In this arrangement all the operatives can use their nearest station at any given moment.

Features

The system allows 24 hour working, 7 days a week. The shift patterns may be set from 6am to 6am.
Paper may be booked via a bar coded stock label and automatically deducted from stock.
Downtime is a special type of Job Number with Operation Codes specific to itself.
Author’s corrections has a recording routine specific to itself.
A factory may be a mixture of Shop Floor Data Capture and some manually maintained time sheets.
Section by section identification.
Staff attendance reports are available to match against payroll.
All collected data is retained in the system for years and may be accessed at any time by the Imprint Report Generator.

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Imprint Business Systems Ltd
Poplars, High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4RB
Tel: 01245 231670 Fax: 01245 231789