REALTRAC, the real-time Shop
Management System, now provides users with several methods
to collect and record data regarding shop activities -
from its unique, interactive, real-time bar code data
collection to computer assisted data entry of employee
time tickets. This versatility allows a job shop to balance
its needs for up-to-date job and scheduling information,
flexibility for allocating costs for special types of
operations and minimizing initial investment and employee
training.
Real-time data reporting is achieved by using shop
floor microterminals with either bar code scanning or
touch pad data entry. Job schedules, machine loads and
job costs are all continuously updated in real time.
A REALTRAC PC user has up-to-the-minute information
concerning the status of jobs, machines and employees,
as well as labor and overhead costs. An interactive
dialog at the microterminal now guides a worker, checking
and confirming accuracy of input.
A new REALTRAC option provides designated shop employees
the ability to override the elapsed time at the microterminal
and enter in the correct time for the work session.
Similarly, for any designated machines, the elapsed
times may be overridden.
These capabilities are particularly important when
it is necessary to allocate employee time for overlapping
or simultaneous tasks, or when certain machines process
multiple jobs simultaneously. Shop lead men, supervisors,
quality control people and CNC programmers can use the
override to report job related time. Employees in mold,
tool and die, and prototype production welcome REALTRAC's
data collection flexibility since they are often considered
unique craftsmen and may work on several tasks at a
time.
If an employee normally works at a PC, such as purchasing,
shipping and engineering staff, job activity can be
reported using REALTRAC's microterminal emulation with
a mouse or touch screen monitor.
If employees complete daily time tickets or time sheets,
REALTRAC makes it easy for clerical personnel to enter
time and piece counts at a PC. This allows recording
of employee time for tasks performed away from the shop,
such as delivery, installation, engineering, training
and maintenance. It also provides total flexibility
for employees to allocate their time when they work
on concurrent jobs or special types of operations. Data
entry from time tickets may cause the least amount of
change for shop employees and allow a company to defer
the initial investment required for a shop floor data
collection system.
Offers
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