| The Data Collection System (DCS) provides a simple to use, universal entry system for manually collecting activity status from the shop floor, from job status reporting to shipping/receiving activities to quality station feedback.
Due to its flexible interface, the DCS can be used in almost any situation where shop floor activity information needs to be collected. For instance, in a job status reporting application, the DCS can be set up to easily record such information as:
- Job number
- Employee name/number
- Work area ID
- On/Off Job
- In Production Time
- Setup Time
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- Waiting for Materials
- On Break
- Tool Broken
- Quantity Made
- Quantity Scrapped
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In the Shipping/Receiving, employees can enter:
- Order number shipped
- Customer shipped to
- Quantity shipped
- Shipping method
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- Tracking number
- Parts shipped to subs
- Parts returned
- Reason for return
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For quality stations on the floor, the DCS allows easy entry of such information as:
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- Employee name/number
- Feature measurements
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And due to its open architecture design, feature measurements can easily be exported into nearly any 3rd party SPC package!
Data can be entered into the DCS using all the standard entry methods, including a standard keyboard, touch pad, bar code reader, magnetic card reader, etc.
All data captured by the DCS is stored in an open database structure. Therefore, it is available to most off-the-shelf report generation packages. With the aid of such packages, you can easily create powerful graphical or text reports that clearly reveal such information as how a job tracked through the floor, the time spent at each work location, problems encountered at each work location, etc.
Combining the DCS module with the Machine Monitoring System (MMS) module, allows you to not only collect machine tool productivity data, but also allows you to manually record the reasons why a machine tool is out of production; such as, waiting on parts/tools/instructions, operator on break, machine down, etc.
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