How it works

Configure your site once, and every Module reads it

Site configuration holds your site’s areas, production lines, assets and inventory locations, along with routing, tools, shifts, planned downtime and changeover times. Every other Module reads this same configuration instead of keeping its own copy. It fills in the plant model mode40 sets up with you during implementation.

  • Site, area, and line Brantford Plant 2 Weld Shop Weld Line 1
  • 3 lines in Weld Shop

What you get

Set up areas and lines the way your site is built

You define each area of the site, and the production lines inside it, using the names your floor already uses. An asset attaches to the line it runs on. The filler on Line 3 sits under Line 3.

  • Areas for each part of the site
  • Production lines inside each area
  • Assets attached to the line they run on
  • Assets by site, area, line WLD-008 Brantford Plant 2, Weld Line 1 PB-014 Brantford Plant 2, Paint Booth 2 ASM-022 Brantford Plant 2, Assembly Line 1

What you get

Record which site, area, and line each asset sits on

Every asset record carries the site, area and line it belongs to, so you always know where it sits. Inventory locations record where material is held, from the pallet rack behind Line 3 to the warehouse. You edit both in the same site configuration.

  • Asset records scoped to site, area, and line
  • Inventory locations for where material is held
  • Both edited in the same site configuration
  • Route steps, timed Weld Line 1 18 min Paint Booth 2 12 min Assembly Line 1 9 min
  • Route RT-014, 3 steps

What you get

Lay out routing step by step

You set the steps a product moves through, line by line, in the order the work actually happens. Each step carries a time, so a plan knows how long the path takes. Routing sits right beside the areas and lines it runs across.

  • Routing steps across the lines of a site
  • A time held against each step
  • Configured beside the areas and lines
  • Tool TG-4400, torque gun: Assembly Line 1 Step 30: torque bolts Required

Tools

Record tools where a routing step needs them

You record each tool against the site that runs it. A routing step can then name the exact one it needs, like the mold a step on Line 3 calls for. Tools are edited beside the areas, lines and assets.

  • Tool records held per site
  • Named by the routing steps that need them
  • Edited beside the areas, lines, and assets
  • Fri25 Planned downtime, Paint Booth 2
  • Daily shift exception logged

Shift calendar

Set shifts, downtime, and the calendar

Recurring shifts set the normal week for a site. Daily shifts, planned downtime and the site calendar record what actually happens: an extra Saturday shift, or the week Line 2 is down for maintenance. Both live in the same place.

  • Recurring shifts for the standard pattern
  • Daily shifts for the exceptions
  • Planned downtime and a site calendar
  • Changeover time by pair 46 Black to White 38 White to Black 31 Satin to Gloss 24 Primer to Gloss

Changeover matrix

Record how long each product changeover takes

A changeover matrix records how long a line takes to move from one product to the next. For example, the time Line 3 takes to switch from one SKU to another. It’s held per site, beside the lines it applies to, and edited in the same place as the shifts.

  • Changeover time between each pair of products
  • Held per site, beside the lines it applies to
  • Edited in the same place as the shifts
  • Facility hierarchy Brantford Plant 2 Weld Shop Weld Line 1

Scoping

Scope every Module to the site it runs at

An administrator configures a site once. Other Modules read that same configuration and keep no list of their own. Add a line in one place, and every Module that scopes to the site reads it.

  • Configured per site by an administrator
  • Other Modules read the same configuration
  • Adding a line means editing one place

What an administrator sees configuring a site

    • Weld Line 1: Weld area 4 assets 2 tools Configured
    • Brantford Plant 2

    Every line named the way the floor says it.

    Areas, lines, and the assets on them are set up once, named the way people on the floor already say them. Every other Module scoped to that site reads the same list.

    How sites are scoped
    • Changeover, Paint Booth 2 Gloss Black to Arctic White 46m Longest Arctic White to Gloss Black 38m Recorded Primer to Gloss Black 22m Recorded
    • Held per site

    Keep every changeover time in one matrix.

    A changeover matrix records how long a line takes to move from one product to the next, held per site beside the lines it applies to. Every schedule reads the same numbers.

    See the changeover matrix

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