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Flexible control of manufacturing processes with automated manufacturing control
If there's one thing you can be sure of, it's that the plan will always change
Manufacturing managers use the progress indicators in ProLeiS to accurately control processing of individual manufacturing orders. Then they can take quick and appropriate action in the event of unforeseen events. Planning changes can be made by dragging and dropping elements in the Gantt chart; ProLeiS manufacturing control software automatically adjusts the subsequent activities.
Once the ideal manufacturing process is planned in ProLeiS, the employees know all tasks and deadlines. The manufacturing control software automatically displays the next tasks to be processed in the personal planning view for each employee based on the stored role assignment. Thus manufacturing control establishes transparency, frees up individual employees, and accelerates routine tasks.
Release status: Automatically control work processes with a traffic light system
Milestones indicate the starting point for subsequent operations that can also be processed in parallel. With manufacturing planning, the overall process is divided into individual subtasks that follow in logical sequence. Red status: The operation cannot be started yet. The manufacturing status is 0%.
Once the "Design complete" milestone is reached with all operations, ProLeiS sets the subsequent operations to green status (released; all conditions for starting the next operation are met). The "Procurement" operation is reported as complete, and "Rough processing" is assigned partial release. Because NC programming is still in processing, ProLeiS does not release the next work step, and it sets its status to yellow (check previous operation). In some situations, the subsequent operation can be started after careful checking, but it cannot be fully completed.
The release conditions for the subsequent steps can be flexibly adapted to the specific requirements. ProLeiS automatically calculates manufacturing progress with each completion report. Once all tasks have been completed, ProLeiS sets the final milestone to the "completed" status.
I can see the effect that adopting the system has had on process management and capacity alignment. So far, capacity alignment is going well. It was one of the most pressing problems we needed to solve, and it’s now working as we had envisioned.
Mr. Ueda, Die Manufacturing Department 1, Advanced Technology Solution Division, Technology Management UnitMitsubishi Electric Mobility CorporationProLeiS lets us manage our project data and plan production completely, from design to assembly. Continuous updating of the control center in ProLeiS provides significant advantages for us as well as our customers. We utilize our resources optimally and therefore manufacture with very precise, on-time delivery. We also benefit from consistency in commercial and technical data.
Work preparation personnel at Siebenwurst GmbH & Co. KG, Dietfurt, GermanySimulate changes with a click of the mouse using manufacturing control software
Manufacturing planning: Automatic capacity assignment in ProLeiS optimally distributes the tasks to be performed among all resources, accounting for project milestones and current manufacturing.Automatic capacity assignment gives you valuable support. You can plan for short-term changes and simulate various possibilities in coordination with current ongoing manufacturing. Then you can activate the best variant with a mouse click, and ProLeiS automatically updates the affected dependencies. Especially in single-part manufacturing, this flexible manufacturing control is a crucial advantage to enable fast responses in daily business. Employee and machine assignments can be instantly changed.
After manufacturing planning, you have all the important manufacturing information clearly displayed on your ProLeiS dashboard—and on mobile devices if desired. You maintain control of your orders and lead times at all times and places. Because ProLeiS is a system that learns, you will be better positioned for each new order with automated manufacturing control.
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