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factoryInsite® Product Cost Savings

The general savings for each group of products are summarized and all the product's cost savings along with worksheets are listed later.

Labor Products Cost Savings

Labor productivity products save human time, paper costs, and dramatically reduce errors. See Details.

Quality Products Cost Savings

Quality related products reduce rejects, warn of out of control processes, and present diagnostic information for quick resolution by operators. See Details.

Material Movement Products Cost Savings

Material movement products save human time by indicating the location of materials, keep accurate count of materials and reorder automatically, and charge usage of materials to projects or customers. See Details.


Time & Attendance

The Time and Attendance application streamlines the payroll process by eliminating multiple human entries. All time spent by employees is allocated to job classifications. Hours approved by Shop supervisors are sent to payroll. See product summary.

Savings are:Time and Attendance Cost Savings Excel WorksheetTime and Attendance Cost Savings Worksheet

  • reduced employee time entering timecards
  • reduced supervisor approval time
  • eliminates card entry by clerical workers
  • reduced time to correct entry errors
  • reduces incorrect payroll amounts
  • no paper timecards required
  • reduced overtime because of visibility

Labor Management

The Labor Management application provides labor productivity measurements. Labor can be tracked to workcenters and products. Production rate, direct vs. indirect labor, and overhead vs. manufacturing labor comparisons can guide productivity improvements. See product summary.

Savings are:Labor Management Cost Savings Worksheet

  • accurate labor costing
  • accurate machine time costing
  • more profitable bids from accurate costs
  • employee labor card entry time reduced
  • automatic attendance/labor reconciliation
  • no paper labor cards required
  • reduced supervisor time looking for materials

Order Execution

The Order Execution application tracks employees to standards and order progress. It provides electronic work lists to direct work and track the process flow through the manufacturing facility in real-time. See product summary.Order Execution Cost Savings Worksheet

Savings are:

  • time saved for customer status queries
  • employee wait time for assignment is reduced
  • production constraints are identified
  • ERP transaction entry is eliminated
  • paper with materials is reduced

Machine Performance

The Machine Performance application spots constraints, warns of capacity limits or underutilization, and tracks down time. It allows operators to report malfunctioning manufacturing equipment and tracks their repair. See product summary.Machine Performance Cost Savings Worksheet

Savings are:

  • less down time from faster machine problem reporting and repair
  • avoid capacity constraints because of usage trend monitoring
  • better throughput because of actual rates for scheduling

Absence Scheduling

The Absence Scheduling application allows supervisors to schedule employee activities such as vacation, personal leave, off-site training, etc. Staffing levels can be checked ahead of time to decide on granting leave. Hours are submitted to payroll at the scheduled time. See product summary.Absence Scheduling Cost Savings Worksheet

Savings are:

  • maintain required staffing levels
  • eliminate special pre-payment request paperwork

Tool Development Costing

The Tool Development Costing application allows a company to make the best possible estimations for quotes on the development of a die, mold, fixture or other tool. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • elimination of manual time recording for chargeback
  • maintain profitability because of better bidding from measured times
  • tool makers save time because of in process information available

Calibration Results

The Calibration Results Tracking application ensures all measuring or calibration devices give correct readings. It tracks the calibration of measuring devices in order to ensure their accuracy. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • fewer customer rejected products from measuring errors
  • appropriate repair or retirement of measuring devices
  • historical results of measuring device audit demonstrates quality

Statistical Process Control

The Statistical Process Control (SPC) application warns of processes trending out of control. It can collect measurements from factoryInsite® Product Tracking, measurement stations, or manual entry. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • fewer bad products because of early warning of out of control processes
  • equipment failures predicted because of comparisons across product lines

Reject Analysis

The Reject Analysis application allows expertise on reworking failed parts to be shared with all operators. It captures detailed results of product failings from the factoryInsite® SPC application. Operator actions are suggested based on the failure(s). See product summary.

Savings are:

  • time saved because of immediate suggestions for rejected part disposition
  • greater rework/salvage efficiency because reworkable parts can be categorized

Voice Warning

The Voice Warning application provides distinctive spoken warnings for worker safety. Signals from machinery are translated to spoken messages and directed to the appropriate location in the shop. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • reduced liability because of increased safety

Tool Check-Out

The Tool Crib Check-Out application shows the location, condition, and responsible employees for all inventories in tool cribs. Expendable items and tool usage can be charged to projects, customers, or other user defined codes. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • reduce time spent looking or rebuilding lost tooling because location is kept
  • eliminate paperwork for material or tool usage chargeback
  • rapid repair or replacement of tool because condition is tracked
  • time saved because of automatic reorder of materials

Incoming Material Inventory

The inventory application improves availability while decreasing inventory levels of materials used for production or repair. Visibility is provided by a Vendor Managed Inventory model and real-time updates. Configurable chargeback tracks materials. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • reduces material outages
  • quick material picking because of graphical view of location
  • material chargeback for costing also reduces shrinkage
  • Vendor Managed Inventory reorder method cuts reorder costs and reduces inventory
  • supplier performance identifies best suppliers
  • cycle count and on-the-fly adjustments keep inventory accurate
  • audit trails for all activities

Product Tracking

The Automated Product Tracking application monitors product or lot movement via material handling sensors or worker entry. Product location and production counts are available continuously. Production, test, and SPC measurements can be collected for later analysis. See product summary.

Savings are:

  • makes automated mixed lot or single part flow possible in an automated assembly/test area
  • real-time quality is monitored because process results can be tied to serialized products
  • supply chain commitments can be kept because of real-time product counts

We provide high quality factory floor data collection and analysis systems tailored so that manufacturers can accurately determine and improve the efficiency of their environment.

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