Manufacturing Execution System Self Service

The sponsor assembles radios for use in commercial cars. Engineers use printed production schedules to stay organized, requiring them to manually track each radio component by hand during the assembly process, including any update to the schedules.The team developed software to improve the web application tool the sponsor currently uses to control the production floor schedule. The new software can instantaneously track unit movements by creating requests to, for example, transfer, stop or hold units. This approval flow automatically sends notifications to proper personnel regarding any requests to change the schedule, uses a ratification process that quickly processes scheduling requests to any department, and creates department-level schedule reports for engineers. This software substantially improves the factory floor management and allows full access to data from web-based platforms, not just from internal computer monitors.