Data Collection

Data Collection is an easy-to-use, online system that allows labor and inventory transactions to be entered at the time that work is being done on the shop floor. Transaction entry is straightforward and rapid with the use of touch-screen, light-pen or bar code technology.

The Data Collection System will be valuable to you in many ways. It ensures accurate labor reporting, a vital concern in Job Costing and Job Status. Labor transactions are posted efficiently, on-line, and in real-time, eliminating costly, time-consuming and often inaccurate manual time card entry. On-line transaction tracking gives management a current picture of what is occurring on the shop floor, both by employee and by job.

Also, integration with Job Management eliminates dual entry, and integration with Vantage Scheduling provides online, real-time views of the latest shop floor scheduling priorities. In addition, integrated multimedia with Data Collection incorporates scanned images, a CAD/CAM interface and even video operating instructions. Data Collection takes you a big step toward the paperless factory!

Flexible Data Entry Technology
Data Collection uses touch-screen, mouse, light-pen, bar code or keyboard interface to update labor information from the shop floor.

Multimedia
Incorporate employee pictures, part drawings or even video instructions on how to perform the operation.

Work Queue
Online, dynamic work queue window provides employees with a prioritized work schedule and routes information directly to the shop floor.

Distributed Hours
Automatically splits labor hours across multiple jobs being worked on simultaneously by an employee; likewise, splits machine hours when two or more employees work on the same job.

Edit/Corrective Action
Optional Labor Edit List directs management attention to potential errors, with on-line reversing entry capability to correct any discrepancy.

Quality Reporting
Captures rework and scrap reason codes along with miscellaneous employee comments from the shop floor.

Grace Periods/Multiple Shifts
Clock in/out periods with adjustments made for user-defined grace periods. Accommodates split and staggered shifts.

Online
All transactions update Job Costing, Scheduling and Job Tracker functions immediately.

Online Inquiry
Access exact job locations (in real-time) for prompt customer service and early identification of problem jobs.

Shop Tracker
Provides instant access to “Who’s Here,” “Who’s Not Here,” current work center activity, as well as user-defined alert conditions from the shop floor.

Integration
Data Collection is fully integrated with the Job Management, Payroll, Scheduling and Document Management modules.