Shop Floor Control Features and Functions
Shop floor control is a system for using data from the shop floor to maintain and communicate status information on manufacturing orders and on work centers. Shop floor control can use order control or flow control to monitor material movement through the manufacturing facility.
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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.
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Company Calendar
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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.
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Orders Dispatching
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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.
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WIP Management
Provides the ability to view a lot's entire history from beginning to end (including sub-assemblies).
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Material Picking and Kits Management
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Quality Control and Hazmat Reporting
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Production Inventory Control
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Manufacturing Management Features and Functions
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