At the heart of most successful strategies is detecting and correcting mistakes while the product is in station. ProductionWare prevents the unit from proceeding to the next step until the issue is resolved. Our exception processing provides a number of alternative actions to correct mistakes using multiple levels of security. Correcting mistakes in station reduces the number of modules destined for the repair station.

• When units can be repaired, ProductionWare directs and ensures the repair process.
• When a unit is identified as scrap, ProductionWare not only records the event but will also prevent added value to the unit through the subsequent processes on the line.
• For regulatory compliance of serialized traceability of safety components ProductionWare ensures that the data is collected and archived.
• Once the process control is understood by the workers and supervisors, the line is balanced to achieve a consistently high rate of FTT (First Time Through) production.
• Effective implementations include ProductionWare at the prototype phase of your launch using a transportable prototype torque station. The process configurations developed at the prototype stage (vertical-complete build in 1 station) can easily be transformed to operations on the assembly line in a horizontal implementation (multiple stations).

Error Proofing strategies using bar coded product identification and strict tool control are most effective. Operator assists in the form of material pick lights improve production performance. Where bar codes are not available, light-curtain arrays to assist in the material pick along with an electronic confirmation provide a means of control.