A project management blog for manufacturing and engineering
Schedule jobs on the shop floor. Or rather… set parameters that allow Standard Time® to schedule jobs itself.
What?
Schedule jobs itself? Yep, ST can tell you when your work orders should start based on priorities and other committed projects. Have you tried it?
Use this little dashboard for the status of your manufacturing jobs. You’ll see the detail of each task or process step, the percent complete, and whether those tasks have been started or finished. (scroll down to watch)
Sometimes you just want to say, “What’s going on with my job?”
This dashboard provides the answer. And, it gives you the comfort of knowing something is happening, and will likely finish at a certain time. Usually, that’s all you want to know. So… try this on your copy of Standard Time®. And let us know how it works for you!
Make manufacturing improvements using real-time data. Collect work order and employee status on the shop floor, then change your processes to cut costs and improve efficiency. Here’s a little inspiration.
Do you have employees manually entering hours into the Standard Time timesheet? Or, barcoding on the shop floor? If so, here’s a nice tool to approve weekly timesheets. (scroll down for video)
Once the pay periods have been approved, you can run reports, pay employees, or bill clients for work.
Pay periods could include M-F weeks or semi-monthly periods. You approve the entire period with a single click.
Here’s a native Windows client app to aid in barcode scanning on the shop floor. Of course you can also use the Standard Time cloud on any browser device. This app is Windows only, and normally only used for on-prem installations.
The advantage of BC is that it limits users to scanning only.
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Got a hot job that needs to be done ASAP? Or, a low-priority job that can wait?
Standard Time has functions for that. See the video below for examples.
You can find the next available slot for each task in a job, or put the job at the head of the line, or at the end.
Here’s a cute little barcode scanner in a unique design. I really liked it.
I can see it working well in a cleaner environment than shown. Just pass a barcode under the scanner ledge and “BLEEP” it sends data directly to Standard Time for work order and employee time tracking.
Shop floor improvements start with real-time data. If you can measure it, you can improve it.
Have you tried barcodes and QR codes to track job status? How about inventory and material usage?
Start here for answers: Standard Time Manufacturing Software
Do you have inventory coming into the receiving docks or into warehouse locations? Consider trying the steps below to manage that incoming stock. Simply scan inventory barcodes as stock arrives. This will update stock levels so you have somewhat accurate counts.
Let us know if this works!