You’re invited to attend a webinar hosted by
Six S Partners to better understand the Importance of Shop Floor Data Collection.

Incorporate mobile devices, barcode scanners, dashboards and more to your shop floor for real time costing, tracking and scheduling.

Topics covered in this one hour presentation include:

1) What Shop Floor Data Collection Really Means

• What SFDC is (and what it is not)
• Difference between manual, semi-automated, and automated data capture
• Why SFDC matters specifically in manufacturing ERP

2) Production & Labour Tracking

• Labour time capture
• Impact on: Scheduling accuracy, Throughput, Labour cost accuracy

3) Inventory & Material Consumption

• Backflushing vs. real-time material issue
• WIP visibility
• Scrap, rework, and yield tracking
• Lot/serial traceability
• Inventory Counts / Cycle Counting

4) Data Accuracy, Timeliness & Trust

• Manual entry vs. barcode vs. machine-integrated data
• Reducing delays between production and ERP updates
• One version of the truth between: Production, Inventory, Finance
• Auditability and compliance benefits

5) Equipment & Machine Integration

• Capturing: Machine status, Downtime reasons, Run rates
• ERP + MES vs. ERP-only approaches
• When machine data makes sense – and when it does not

6) KPI’s, Reporting & Continuous Improvement (Turn data into decisions)

• Labour efficiency and variance
• Scrap and rework trends
• Cost vs. standard variance visibility
• Real-time dashboards vs. after-the-fact reports
• OEE

7) Process Flow & User Experience

• Operator workflows: Touchscreen terminals, Tablets, Barcode scanners
• Supervisor visibility

8) Business Case & ROI

• Reduced scrap and rework
• Improved on-time delivery
• More accurate costings and margins
• Reduced expediting
• Faster, cleaner month-end close
• Scalability as volumes grow