Google Forms for ECR's?
Google Forms for ECR's?
(OP)
Has anyone thought of using Google Forms for cataloguing ECR's? Once the form is set up, anyone can access it from any location and the results are placed into a Google spreadsheet (which can be exported to excel).
I am not trying to advertise, but I have been tasked with upgrading our existing ECR system and thought going paperless would be a good idea. We already use paperless drawings on the shop floor.
I am not trying to advertise, but I have been tasked with upgrading our existing ECR system and thought going paperless would be a good idea. We already use paperless drawings on the shop floor.





RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
I regard ECRs as proprietary information. You need to describe problems in clear language that may not be appropriate for your customers or the press to see. I would not upload anything to a Google service that I was not willing to explain to the outside world.
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JHG
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
The system you use for that doesn't have an ECR feature?
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
My understanding is that the Google Form would exist online in an empty state and only those given access can submit an ECR. Using proper permissions, only the eng dept would be able to view the data.
MintJulep,
We use Vault Basic to publish most current dwf's to a server that can only be viewed by satellite pc's placed at each work area. This is really good for drawing control. It would be nice to use this connectivity to allow shop lead hands to submit ECR's electronically.
Thank-you both for responding.
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
The problem with paper ECR's (our current system) is that the shop personnel stop filling them out because they think the ECR's just go into oblivion. So they develop their own in-process fix which leads to lost time over and over again.
An electronic ECR logging system might bring that assurance that the ECR's are being tracked and dealt with.
Apart from developing my own database and ECR form, Google Forms seem the simplest way to get started. However, I appreciate any suggestions of other [affordable] ways to accomplish this. A proper ERP system would be nice, but not in the budget right now.
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
You get that management support by documenting what the costs of the current chaos are, and how following the rules will cut costs.
Drawoh was suggesting that Google will read your ECR's and use the information in accordance with their terms of use. Read and understand them. Get management approval to use any cloudy system.
If you can document that a paying for a controlled ECR system will save money the budget will appear.
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
I look into this for my company maybe 10 years ago but it was shot down for not being sophisticaed enough and wasn't repped by a 'name' software developer but it sounds like your organization might be the right size for such a solution.
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
Do you respond promptly to the shop when they enter an ECR? Will you respond promptly to an electronic system? Why does production think ECRs go into oblivion?
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JHG
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
So, as far as I'm concerned, we are starting from scratch in regard to setting up a proper ECR/ECN system. There seems to be several cloud-based systems dedicated to engineering data. I just have to start somewhere.
Thank-you all
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
Electronic ECRs are good. It is harder to lose stuff. The cloud is not a good place for ECRs for the reasons I noted above. If you have multiple work sites, an email based ECR system may be necessary. If you all are at one place, consider an intranet application running behind your firewall.
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JHG
RE: Google Forms for ECR's?
See http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/ or http://help.fogcreek.com/4/fogbugz-in-two-minutes
They even have my favorite tool integrated with it, a Wiki, where other information can be collected that is not usually included in drawings.