Mobile Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Mobile MES

ProfitKey’s Mobile Manufacturing Execution System (MES) offers an all-inclusive Operator Console affording you access to all the information necessary to dispatch and operate a work-center from a Microsoft Tablet with an integrated bar code reader that your workers carry with them during the day.

MOBILE MES REPLACES YOUR KIOSK BASED MES WITH THREE MAJOR ADVANTAGES

Labor Cost Savings

Workers have their tablet loaded with the software with them all day, they are untethered and can log their jobs from anywhere on the shop floor without having to locate a kiosk, wait in line, log their job and then sanitize the area for the next worker. The cumulative time saved with the tablets can drive a payback for this investment of less than 3 months.

Shop Floor Space Savings

Removing your current kiosks frees space for expansion on the shop floor without the expensive necessity of expanding your current square footage.

COVID-19 Benefits

Best practices in this time of pandemic means social distancing and constant cleaning. Workers queuing at the kiosks and then cleaning and wiping down the kiosk after every use is eliminated with the tablet at the workstation. No queues, cleaning, or wiping until the shift is over.

USE CASES FOR MOBILE MES:

Roving inspectors
Workers running multiple machines
Workers with in/out times for multiple jobs that take less than 10 minutes each
Employees in a wireless environment with limited floor space

Mobile MES ships on a tablet with all the necessary software installed. The tablet camera can be used to read barcodes (see image below), or you can use a mini wireless barcode reader that is included and ships with the tablet.

MOBILE MES HAS ALL THE FUNCTIONALITY OF PROFITKEY’S RAPID MES:

All-inclusive Operator Console Form

From a single display/form enjoy finger-tip access to all information needed to operate a work center:

- View Traveler/dispatch information on-line

- Push Button convenience with mouse, light pen, or touch screen for:

Attendance clock-in/out
Set up clock-in/out
Run clock-in/out
Rework clock-in/out
Down clock-in/out
Log multiple starts/stops
Start SPC functions
Append notes to work order operations specs
Inspect in-process through interface with optional Quality Module

Electronic Dispatching

- View authorized traveler information upon login

- Controlled viewing of work center assignments

See only the current assignment
See all assignments for a day, or days, or any future number of operations
Allows only authorized operator(s) to work at a work center
Electronically Dispatch traveler/scheduler changes to the appropriate work instantly
Operate paperless or paper-lite – Save paper costs
Barcodes are not required but can be utilized

Document Management

Rapid MES includes the RRM Document Management module.
All documents maintained in Item, Work Center, and Operations folders for the job being processed are viewable from the Operator Console.
Documents in folders can be viewed or printed on local or network printers.

Integrated with Operations Monitor

Real-time Integration with the PK Database

A separate MES database is not required
PK Rapid MES is seamlessly integrated with all other PK ERP functions and modules including scheduling, dispatching, and costing

Easy to Learn

Operators can learn how to use the Operator Console in less than an hour
Full implementation requires just one on-site day

Flexible Configuration

A single LAN Client PC can serve multiple operators or be used as a kiosk
Front office seats are not needed
Rapid MES is licensed on a flat fee basis

Allows for one employee to work on multiple operations, with auto cost allocation

Flexible, user/object-based security allows each user customized visibility and access

Improve labor and cost accuracy to 95+%