{"id":2836,"date":"2011-04-14T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T20:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/mobile-application-software-for-the-manufacturing-shop-floor\/"},"modified":"2011-04-14T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T20:56:57","slug":"mobile-application-software-for-the-manufacturing-shop-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/mobile-application-software-for-the-manufacturing-shop-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Application Software for the Manufacturing Shop Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shop<\/a>I grew up in the 60s and I don\u2019t mind admitting that I really liked the Star Trek<\/a>\u00a0series.\u00a0It was about the future, it had adventure and it always ended with a moral theme.\u00a0Captain Kirk and his crew would use technology to get themselves in and out of terrible peril.\u00a0Many times they would rely on their trusty tricorders<\/a> to get the job done.\u00a0This fictional, multifunctional handheld device was used for sensor scanning, data analysis and recording data in an alien environment.\u00a0Time and time again, it was invaluable in a crew member\u2019s decision making process.<\/p>\n

Tricorders were cool. They could do all sorts of useful things that enabled the user to get real time information as they needed it. I see the advent of mobile pad computing as an opportunity to make this fictional capability a reality \u2013 at least on the shop floor. After all, the shop floor can be an alien place where you need all the help you can get to make a profit.<\/p>\n

Imagine that you\u2019re a process engineer\u00a0responsible for a manufacturing cell\u2019s performance.\u00a0Instead of the fictional tricorder, you are carrying a pad computer that has a graphic representation of all the work centers in your cell. The color of the work center tells you immediately if it is producing product at standard or if there are process alarms that\u00a0require your attention. You know that with a few touches on your pad, you can drill down on any of your work centers to evaluate when the work order will be complete, downtime and number of rejects, as well as many other aspects of the process including temperatures, pressures, speeds or other sensors that are being monitored. Any documents required for the product being produced or the work center operation are available at the touch of his finger.<\/p>\n

The material handlers also have pads that they use to ensure that all of their work centers have the raw materials required. The pad allows them to scan the barcoded serial numbers of the raw materials to the work center. They can also initiate serialized label printing\u00a0that can automatically transact the product produced into inventory or to the next process in the routing. As they work, the scanning and label information is being recorded to provide job costing information and detailed lot traceability.<\/p>\n

The representative from the quality department is making his rounds based on direction from the workflow on his pad. He has access to part prints, work instructions and any other documents relating to manufacturing a quality product. He can also view statistical quality and process control charts that are updated in real time. He can collect data for quick inspections and conduct quality audits.<\/p>\n

As the price point for pad computers goes down, these devices will become readily available for shop floor use. The pads can even be mounted at work centers to be used as smart data entry devices for production information as well as access to documents, training videos and real time SPC<\/a> data analysis.\u00a0With their inherent scanning capabilities (must include a camera), they can provide the same functionality as a dedicated barcode scanner for use in warehouse management.\u00a0All of these capabilities are currently available with the EnterpriseIQ extended manufacturing ERP system<\/a>.\u00a0IQMS<\/a> is bringing the future to the shop floor today.<\/p>\n

For more information, click\u00a0to learn\u00a0about IQMS’ mobile ERP software<\/a> offerings\u00a0or\u00a0receive a mobility white paper<\/a> about the 8\u00a0qualities to look for when selecting a manufacturing ERP mobile application software.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I grew up in the 60s and I don\u2019t mind admitting that I really liked the Star Trek\u00a0series.\u00a0It was about the future, it had adventure and it always ended with a moral theme.\u00a0Captain Kirk and his crew would use technology<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts","category-erp-technology-and-automation","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/delmiaworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}