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Work Order Tracking

Work Order Tracking That Keeps Manufacturing Moving

Manufacturing moves fast, and paper travelers, whiteboards, and spreadsheets simply can’t keep up. If you don’t know where every work order is, who is working on it, or how much time has already been invested, you’re making decisions with incomplete information.

Standard Time® Work Order Tracking gives manufacturers real-time visibility into production from the moment a job is released until it’s complete.

Employees simply scan a barcode or RFID tag to start, pause, transfer, and complete work orders. Managers instantly know:

  • Where every work order is located
  • Who is currently working on it
  • Actual labor time versus estimates
  • Production bottlenecks before they become delays
  • Which jobs are ahead—or behind—schedule

Because work order status is updated automatically as employees scan jobs, supervisors spend less time chasing information and more time improving production.

Standard Time also integrates work order tracking with labor collection, project management, inventory, materials, and reporting, giving you a complete picture of your manufacturing operation—not just isolated data.

Whether you operate a CNC machine shop, fabrication facility, assembly line, or custom manufacturing business, Standard Time helps eliminate guesswork, improve accountability, and increase on-time delivery.

Stop wondering where your work orders are. Know instantly.

Learn more about Standard Time® Work Order Tracking at www.strdtime.com.

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Have You Tried Time Log Calendar?

Try the Time Log Calendar in the Standard Time Manufacturing Software. It’s a nice way to view barcode scans in a monthly or yearly calendar view. You can view employee scans on a familiar 31-day page, which aids in finding the information you’re looking for, or just for convenience sake.

There is also a Timesheet and Time Logs grid to view records in various formats. Consider using each view for your own purposes.

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Streamline Work Orders

Take control of your work orders with barcode scanning and Standard Time®.

If your jobs are running wild, and nobody knows the status, and employees work on whatever they want, it’s probably time for an automated barcode scanning system.

It’s as easy as scanning at Walmart. But it’s Standard Time instead. Get it?

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Tap-To- Start

Tap-To-Start is a nice alternative to barcode scanning on the factory floor. It allows employees to tap jobs and tasks instead of scanning. In some cases, that may be easier than deploying a full scanner. After all, waiters do it every day at their hostess stations. So why not on the factory floor.

The results of Tap-To-Start is identical to barcode scanning. But the process may be simpler in some cases.

Tap-To-Start is tailored to the user who is logged in, or to the employee who taps their name. It only shows jobs and tasks they are assigned to. That limits the number of items to scroll through.

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Barcode Rules Automate Factory Floor

Barcode rules can ease the burden of manufacturing managers by eliminating admin work. How?

Standard Time® can intelligently recognize barcode scans, and do things with them. This video shows how barcode rules can automatically create new work orders and tasks at the moment employees scan them. This means manufacturing managers do not need to set them up ahead of time. There is no admin setup time; there is just real-time recognition and auto-setup.

Watch this video!

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Barcode Scanning Messages For Employees

Want to send private messages to employees as they scan barcodes? Here’s how!

Messages will appear as employees scan work order barcodes. Those messages are normally connected to work orders, tasks or inventory. Messages often contain instructions, order details, critical production notes, or just helpful tips. You decide. You create your own messages. Employees will see them as they scan jobs on the shop floor. Messages help reduce verbal communication and misunderstandings.

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Welder Earns Enough Overtime To Buy Company

This is the best advice we’ve seen in a long time! Save your overtime pay and buy out your own company!

Hey… if they’re willing to pay overtime instead of deploying shop floor barcoding then they’re fair game for a hostile employee take-over!

Get ’em while they’re hot!

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Time Logs, Where to find barcode scans

Time Logs are the results of employee barcode scans on the shop floor. This is one of the first pages you will visit after starting a new Standard Time subscription. Experiment with filtering, sorting, and columns.

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Have You Tried Scanning Inventory

Scanning inventory items can give you timestamped records of usage. It can show you cost for both time and materials, all from a few barcode scans.