Shop Floor Control System and Automated Scheduling
Matrix Controls succeeded in real-time total sewing control with SewQuest, a powerful combination of Shop Floor Control and Automated Production Scheduling. Real-time shop floor control allows data collection sub-systems to record work in process, preventive maintenance via repair histories, quality of product and control, operator efficiency, production status, attendance and hours paid. Integrated with flexible automated scheduling, plant management will now be able to overcome unachievable delivery dates, raw material quality variances, machine breakdowns, operator inefficiencies, and bottlenecks in the process chains and delays in the supply chain.
Your shop floor control will begin with configurable data collection terminals offering over one dozen screen displays, secured with ID authorizations, and supported for either bar-coding or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies. Control continues with extensive operation backlog analysis by department/cut, and recording of production status by cut, bundle and sub-assembly, and employee performed operation tracking.
The need for a tool supporting the plant manager in production scheduling, launching all operations, and in reacting to sudden changes, became apparent to Matrix. The SewQuest package responded with automating production scheduling. The key components begin with real-time production updating and calculating material flow. The creation of production simulations of “What-If” scenarios furthers the competitive edge. Knowledge of additional and alternative resources for production, and report printouts on data collected and analyzed, increases your advantage. The intentions of SewQuest are to:
- Meet- customer order due dates
- Maximize- utilization of labor, materials and machines
- Minimize- idle time, overtime, step delays, lead/queue time, time in the system and WIP (Work in Process).
The Matrix Controls Return on Investment-Overview begins our discussion on how Matrix products will increase your company’s profitability. The SewQuest-Shop Floor Control savings begin with the ability to greatly reduce the amount of clerical work performed by your operators. This allows the employee to produce more garments at the same workload, as efficiency has now been improved. With disruptions limited, it will also lead to improved garment quality. Specific calculations of SewQuest’s Shop Floor Control System can be viewed at the Shop Floor scenario at Shop Floor-ROI (Register Here for the Shop Floor – ROI). Clerical work reductions will also contribute to a more enjoyable work environment, and as explained in our above Return on Investment Overview, this invariably leads to reductions in personnel turnover. Employee turnover has always been shown to be very costly. The ability to reduce downtime through histories of machine repairs, and the use of Auto Scheduling to create preventive maintenance schedules, continues the savings. The ability to collect data on employees throughout the plant will greatly help the accounting department, and help management with operator efficiency ratings. The ability to track production in combination with automatic scheduling, will lead to quality of and on time delivery. Customer satisfaction is, and will always be key to new business, whether it is new orders or new customers. The ability of SewQuest to give your plant managers total support will allow them time for better decision making; furthering productivity and efficiency of the plant.
Enjoy the competitive edge, a rapid return on investment, and bottom line profit additions with the SewQuest package. Fifty years of experience in the Textile Industry has enabled our engineers to seek out quality solutions to your problems. Matrix furthers their commitment to the Apparel, Hosiery, and Textile Industries.
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