Factory

Whether you deal with a contract manufacturer or have your own factory, this module enables you to track production and stay on top of any issues that may arise.

The Production (Factory) Dashboard

This dashboard allows you to easily manage jobs in production and quickly view status, inspections, and issues related to the jobs. There are three dashboard screens as below:

  • Work in Progress

  • Work Scheduled

  • Issue Tracker (for all jobs)

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Note

There is also a version of this dashboard available for factory shop floor login on a communal screen.

Work in Progress / Work Scheduled

The job list is automatically filtered by status to show on either the ‘in progress’ or ‘scheduled’ screen.

If you click on the job reference that displays all related information on the RHS of the screen.

List of Jobs in Progress

The job list displays all jobs lined up with the following information:

  • Date the production started, or is due to start

  • The expected duration of production

  • The scheduled installation date

  • What is to be produced

  • The components to be consumed

Job Status

Job status may be updated by clicking one of the buttons displaying options from the status flow.

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Job Quality Inspections (optional)

To facilitate quality inspections during different stages of the production process, an inspection checklist configured in “set-up” displays below the job status.

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Job Issues / Requests

Issues encountered during the job can be recorded and tracked, and these issues are communicated in other views towards their expedient resolution.

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All issues for the job are summarised briefly as shown above.

Issue detail screen

If you now click through one of the issues, you are brought to the issue detail screen as shown below:

  • Issue status

  • Issue details

  • Issue comments

  • Uploaded files

  • Status history

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Job Notes

Notes on each job are easily added and tracked in this section.

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Centralised Issue Tracker

Issues across all jobs are displayed on this single screen.

Open Requests (Issues)

The default view.

Find Request (Issue)

Search for an issue.

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Scheduling Production

Production can be scheduled at the time an installation is scheduled, or separately.

Relation to Installation Schedule

You can choose to record in the system a set number of days before installation when production should begin. Thus when you schedule an installation, production is also scheduled automatically.

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Choice of Automated or Manual Scheduling

Alternatively you can choose to schedule production completely separately to the installation.