Shop Floor Data Capture for Manufacturing

Fully automate your shop floor and merge information flow with material flow. Capture real-time data on machine utilisation, quality, operations, job data and processes.

 

The success of any organisation is based on customer satisfaction and the provision of consistent, high quality goods and services. Without reliable production information, this is hard to achieve.

SIGMA:Automate

BEC's SIGMA:Automate module gives you immediate visibility of accurate, production data, machine utilisation and inventory. By linking your shop floor machinery directly to your data capture system, you can optimise plant usage, eliminate human error and improve responsiveness to customers.

SIGMA:Automate enables you to integrate a range of advanced shop floor equipment including standalone carousels, conveyors, cranes, robots, weigh scales and palletisers. SIGMA:Automate captures information at the source via a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) interface for verification against the host ERP / WMS system. BEC's shop floor data capture (SFDC) module allows the host system to pass execution tasks through to automation equipment, for greater control over inventory.

Used for a range of applications across manufacturing, including goods receiving, product assembly, packaging and palletising, SIGMA:Automate:

•  Increases stock handling efficiency
•  Automates raw material issue to production
•  Verifies items against current production schedule and reduces stock wastage
•  Controls conveyor routing
•  Prints labels based on Weigh Scale measurements
•  Allocates correct storage for finished goods and WIP
•  and more…

SIGMA:Automate enables you to control your shop floor equipment. Using advanced event monitoring, reporting and event triggers, the data capture module flags problems with the production run or machine downtime, enabling issues to be resolved instantly.

To find out more about Shop Floor Data Capture, Contact BEC.