TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
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Hi,
I work in the electrical motors business and I'm looking to begin a project that essentially acts as a troubleshooting guide for the entire shop floor. What I want to do is gather and compile all of the 'problems' that can occur on the shop floor, the causes to said problems and the solutions. The reasoning behind this is simply to be able to solve problems quicker and more efficiently (because chances are they have allready occured). I'm looking for any SOFTWARE out there that may be able to facilitate not only the troubleshooting process, but make it easy to input data and possibly even impliment on the shop floor to have employees log the problems they face with equipment/IT, the cause and the solution.
Any ideas????
THANKS!!
Kyle
I work in the electrical motors business and I'm looking to begin a project that essentially acts as a troubleshooting guide for the entire shop floor. What I want to do is gather and compile all of the 'problems' that can occur on the shop floor, the causes to said problems and the solutions. The reasoning behind this is simply to be able to solve problems quicker and more efficiently (because chances are they have allready occured). I'm looking for any SOFTWARE out there that may be able to facilitate not only the troubleshooting process, but make it easy to input data and possibly even impliment on the shop floor to have employees log the problems they face with equipment/IT, the cause and the solution.
Any ideas????
THANKS!!
Kyle





RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
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RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
If you do proceed with the intent on shop floor implementation. Get the operator's input and try to get a feel for their comfort level with some PC programs such as Excel or Access etc. You would also need to work out some protections for the software to prevent or mitigate potential damage from the inevitable "oops" that happen with data entry and editing.
Regards,
RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
Some shop workers can get a little apprehensive around a "program" but have no concerns about interacting with a web page. Amazon and eBay have tempered them.
"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
Have you read FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies to make the be
RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
My company is going lean and monitoring various aspects of manufacturing is important. the problem with using Excel is that it is not multi user friendly and to look up a problem requires manual intervention and having access to the Excel file.
Problems usually come in two varieties quality issues and production issues. Response time is of greater importance. A quality issue needs to addressed where it occurs not fixed later in the process. I am about to have my contract programming house build a database driven application meaning there will be multi-user access, time logging, e-mails automatically generated notifying people of the problem and problem resolution tracking.
RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor
Our european group implemented this software and I was part of the initial evaluation. I wanted to implement it in the US but have since moved on to different duties and it got set aside. Of interest was how you could link it into multiple databases and get an overall dashboard of current status.
http://www.winspc.com/
You might want to see if it would be appropriate for your needs.
Regards,
RE: TROUBLESHOOTING SOFTWARE - Manufacturing Floor