Why Use Shop Floor in Production

Why Use Shop Floor in Production

Good information provision leads to less delays between work preparation and production. By controlling the work floor with up-to-date information, every production employee can see at a glance what needs to be done or can be done. The Shop Floor is a complete workplace for the work floor. You will gain insight into planned work per machine, the availability of the material and how to justify the hours. In addition, you can specify quantities, rejections and comments.

Who is this webinar intended for?

The MKG Shop Floor is suitable for all MKG3 and MKG5 customers. If you are not yet working with the Shop Floor, for example because you do not register hours or because you still enter the hours manually via time sheets, then working with the Shop Floor may be interesting for you. This webinar is therefore specially intended for those who have little or no knowledge of the MKG Shop Floor.

Set up the Shop Floor

To implement the technical setup of the Shop Floor, you basically only need two components: an MKG environment where the API runs and an installed smart client.

The functional design of the Shop Floor always takes place in the MKG client. This applies to the settings as well as the layout and displays of the screens, as they should be displayed via the smart client.

Setting up the Shop Floor screens

After the technical and functional setup has been carried out, you can provide each Shop Floor terminal with its own layout. Create one for each terminal. You set up all components for the layout and displays of the screens, as they should be displayed on the terminal(s) via the smart client, in the MKG client. This includes the order and labels of tiles as well as views and searches.

Using the Smart Client

The smart client is the interface of the MKG Shop Floor. This technology makes it possible to operate the Shop Floor on a terminal on the work floor, on a tablet or on a smartphone. This way, production employees can easily clock their hours based on the orders they are working on. The real-time information is always up to date, making reliable information available anywhere and anytime.

Questions asked during the webinar

Can the Shop Floor be used on a tablet?

This is possible on a Windows tablet with all functionality. It is not possible to consult documents via an Android tablet.

Where can drawings be consulted?

Documents that are linked to a category with 'Active on Shop Floor' checked and that are linked to the production order become visible.

How are the orders distributed during clustering?

Hours are distributed based on the setting that is active in the administration setting 'Cluster Distribution'. The 'Cluster Active' setting must be checked.

Can an employee write off material when he has finished processing?

Writing off material is possible on the 'Material Issue' tab.

Can you work on multiple machines at the same time with the Shop Floor?

That's certainly possible.

Is it possible to divide the hours per project at the end of the day in the Shop Floor?

It is not possible to register everything afterwards in one go via the Shop Floor, but this is possible via the MKG App.