Shop Floor Data Collection
Real-time data collection for receiving, inventory, manufacturing operations and shipping
glovia.com Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) is designed to provide a real-time, mobile or fixed data collection interface to glovia.com. This solution supports radio frequency identification (RFID), radio frequency (RF) and hardwired terminals, laser and thermal barcode printers, fixed mount barcode readers, relays, reader boards and other serial or Ethernet devices. The interface is a Windows NT product designed to communicate real-time with glovia.com SFDC Transaction Manager. The power of the product is realized in the flexibility of device types, real-time data access and the ability to handle multiple locations in variable configurations.
Features
- Delivers unprecedented stability and functionality with a robust Windows NT based solution
- Creates additional glovia.com benefits by increasing productivity, reducing errors, cutting inventory costs and improving customer satisfaction
- Organizes screen and menu options, according to end user requirements
- Provides different screens for different devices, depending on functionality required
- Allows for choices among multiple RF (mobile, fixed, and vehicle mount0 and hardwired devices
- Keeps real-time validation on employee number, part number, job number, job operation, location, P.O. item number, lot tracking number, shipper line item and quantity on hand
- Enables and disables validations as required
- Supports a supervisor end-of-day feature that allows employees to clock out quickly
- Supports lot and serial control
Transactions Supported
- Goods received from purchase orders
- Location to location transfer
- Labor time entry to a work order
- Physical inventory count entry
- Cycle count entry
- Shipping pack confirm for a customer release
- Work order completions
- Pack and ship confirm for a sales order
- Inventory adjustment
- Work order issue by pick list
- Assembly scrap
- Component scrap
- Operation scrap
- Material scrap
- Move to inventory inspection
- Inspection results
- Transfer order receipt
- Batch commit and ship transfer orders
- Direct material issue to work order
- Direct tool issue
- Tool return
- Receive customer returns
- Master location to master location transfer
- Return to vendor
SFDC tends to be a plant-specific implementation with some localization required to suit the working practices of particular plants. The architecture developed to support SFDC makes that localization process simpler.
Complementary Products
Our partner company for SFDC solutions is able to provide a complete network and hardware installation and consultation.
There is also a range of complementary products available, including:
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Time and Attendance
- Robust T&A with interface to glovia.com Advanced Capacity Planning
- Critical employee information
- Security and grouping
- Supervisor over-ride
- Wired or wireless terminals
- Bar Code badges or smart cards
- In/Out Board
For employees who do not need to clock in and out for payroll purposes but whose whereabouts need to be tracked, such as service engineers, consultants, managers, etc.; information is fed to an electronic "In/Out" Board, which can be displayed on a standard Windows PC.