TrackStar monitors your WIP throughout your premises using fixed reader portals, fork lift readers and hand held readers to deliver real time WIP tracking. The TrackStar system Work in Process module monitors WIP by serialized unit automatically without any attendant labor. Additionally, workers can be tagged so that their presence in a work cell can be allocated to the WIP, thereby improving cost accounting techniques for allocating production labor.
The interaction between tagged items and their environment creates an uninterrupted flow of information. This is particularly helpful when you are making items comprised of many parts which are difficult to keep track of, such as airplanes, automobiles, high tech consumer electronic devices, machinery, or medical equipment. Since many components and sub systems are assembled into individual products, discrete manufacturers need to ensure that the right parts make their way from warehouses to bins to assembly lines when they are needed. It is also critical that the correct parts are diverted at the optimum time to the proper locations for painting, sub assembly or other work before they can be assembled together and formed into the final product.
Typically manufacturers track WIP manually using either paper based logs or by entering data into computers or handheld devices. These methods are prone to error thanks to human fallibility. Even manufacturers that have semi automated the process using bar code scanners find that workers often forget to scan some parts or circumvent the system for other reasons. ARS’ TrackStar platform is well suited to solving these problems and proves manufacturers with dashboards and ports to better manage assembly automation, track plant floor assets, and manage inventory by integrating applications inside and outside the company, as well as externally with customers and suppliers. ARS offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable companies to take full advantage of the on demand era.
