Shop floor data collection on tablet or phone. Book output while the work happens.

Which device does the operator use?

A tablet or a phone at the line. The shop floor screen is made for people who work with their hands: large buttons, little text, one screen per order.

At the top there is one search field that also works as a scan field. Scan the barcode of the order or of a work slip, and the list narrows down to that one order. Typing works too: it searches on order number, item, customer and reference at the same time.

The list only shows orders that still mean work, grouped per workstation. If zone screening is switched on, an employee only sees the workstations of his zone.

The material follows along

With every output booking, Lean consumes the components from the bill of materials, per lot, from the stock at the workplace. The operator does not have to type in any consumption, and the lots of the raw materials are linked to the finished product straight away.

If the components are not at the workplace, Lean does not book the output and the operator gets a message. That way, no stock is created without a lot.

Work outside the factory

Does your team also assemble or install at the customer's site? Then they work with the work orders of the job on their phone: the day's planning, starting, pausing and stopping, the material used and photos of the work. On closing, a list shows what is still missing.

The right question at the right moment

An operator would rather fill in nothing than something that does not matter. With IRP, each step only gets the questions and information it needs, and the office sees what is still missing.

Frequently asked questions about the shop floor