Overview
Introduction
Production Follow-Up helps manufacturers keep track of what’s happening in the manufacturing processes in real time. It shows the progress of production orders, machine status, and operator activities, so teams can quickly spot issues and make better decisions. With easy-to-use dashboards and automatic time tracking, Production Follow-Up makes it easier to manage production and improve efficiency.
Key Usage Scenario’s
- Monitor production order progress in real time with visual dashboards.
- Track machine status changes and downtime reasons for every operation.
- Automatically record and analyze time spent on each production step using Time Entries.
- Identify and respond quickly to delays, bottlenecks, or overconsumption with clear alerts.
- Compare shift performance and output across work centers for continuous improvement.
- Easily split production orders when production plans change.
Key Concepts and Definitions
Production Follow-Up: Specifies a real-time visual overview of production order lines, allowing users to track quantities produced and consumed, monitor progress with color-coded indicators, and compare actual vs. expected production time.
Machine Status: Indicates the current state of the machine or work center for a specific routing step. Statuses include Start, Running, Paused, and Finished.
Stop Code: A mandatory code selected when a machine is stopped, used to track the reason for downtime.
Machine Status Progress: A page that records the chronological machine status history for each routing line. Each entry logs the start and end times of a given status.
Time Entries: Time Entries include details such as machine status (e.g., Running, Paused, Finished), stop reasons, and audit notes. They provide a precise log of actual production activity, supporting performance analysis, traceability, and process improvement.
Expected Production Time: The planned duration for completing an operation, calculated from routing times and quantity.
Actual Production Time: The real time elapsed between the Start and Finished statuses for a routing step or production order line.