Author Archives: Jason Slater
ILVS, IPL and ALC: Simplifying for Automotive Manufacturers
In-line vehicle sequencing (ILVS), inventory part labeling (IPL) and automated line control (ALC). A major automotive supplier to Ford, Honda, BMW or Toyota may recognize these terms and may frown when reading them. These terms are often followed by choice
... ContinuedIQMS MES Product Expansion: The PMIU88 PLC for Shop Floor Monitoring
IQMS‘ Manufacturing Execution System (MES) product offering has recently expanded with the introduction of the PMIU88. This stands for Process Monitoring Interface Unit and 88 is a reference to the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) hardware inside the box. If you’re
... ContinuedEasily Access IQMS ERP From Within SolidWorks
SolidWorks is an amazingly powerful software program that provides state of the art Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). The IQMS SolidWorks add-in is a great tool for allowing SolidWorks users to take full advantage of both
... ContinuedThe Scoop on Four Upcoming IQMS Android Mobile Applications
IQMS‘ Automation Group is working on four new mobile applications that are bound to be popular: Bill of Lading Signature Capture, Carton Builder, Inventory Transactions and Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) are joining IQMS’ suite of mobile apps and the
... ContinuedA Sneak Peek into IQMS’ Upcoming Applications: The Exciting Finale
In part three of the Automation Group development projects blog series (check out parts one and two here), IQMS has even more exciting projects in the works that I can’t wait to tell you about. I promise not to do
... ContinuedMaking Shop Floor Automation Accessible to Manufacturers
Every week, I’m involved in a conference call or meeting where a customer presents another interesting idea to IQMS’ Automation Department as an opportunity to extend our EnterpriseIQ manufacturing ERP system. In my first years at IQMS, anxious excitement would
... ContinuedA Sneak Peek Into IQMS’ Upcoming Applications – Part II
IQMS‘ Automation Department has some additional exciting projects to tell you about. In the first part of this blog series, I mentioned some inside information on the latest technology coming out of the Automation Department, such as RealTime™ Process Monitoring and Android tablet applications. Now
... ContinuedA Sneak Peek into IQMS’ Upcoming Applications – Part I
IQMS‘ Automation Department has been busy this year. We’ve been working on some cutting edge applications: RealTime™ Process Monitoring with PLC communication, Android phone applications and EnterpriseIQ shop floor applications for the Android 3.0 tablets! These applications are harnessing the latest technology
... ContinuedDecoding Barcodes: IQMS Welcomes 2D Barcodes to the Shop Floor
Recently, we’ve seen new barcode standards emerging. Almost everyone is familiar with UPC barcodes (found, for example, on the containers of grocery items), that have reduced the amount of manual data entry and increased the amount of data that can be
... ContinuedHow Much Network Bandwidth Is Needed for an ERP Application?
This question has come up more times than I can count in the past year and every time it does I cringe because I don’t like saying, “I don’t know.” My response is usually followed by the question: Can’t you
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