PROCESS PLANNING & SIMULATION

helps define manufacturing processes, associate all required resources to each operation and simulate key business indicators such as production, lead time, expected work-cell bottle necks, resource capacity, and anticipate the impact of certain work-flow changes before going into production. Most companies’ business advantage starts when assessing if they can or cannot satisfy a new business order, implement a new production line, and properly balance the resources needed for production. This tool can also be used in application of value stream mapping indicator inside the Lean Manufacturing initiative.

OPERATIONS PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD

for monitoring manufacturing execution results and comparing them with expected outcomes. A significant number of process indicators can be defined and implemented, but a primary one is known as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness). Assuming that production equipment will never work perfectly, it is important to identify, monitor and analyse how machines are actually performing, maintaining 100% product quality and capture the reasons why a variances appears. Krontime supports management by processing the information collected from a production line and generates the documentation for each indicator requiring an action.

PROCESS COST ANALYSIS

supports management on a new way to establishing a product line cost, compared with different configurations and between different manufacturing plants. The solution considers all detailed information from the Bill-Of-Operations and integrating relevant information from other company sources.
Supports management analysis process with a set of data tables with product reference numbers used on different manufacturing plants, human resources skills required, equivalent salary ranges and required cost per unit

IMPROVEMENT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

leverages experiences and ideas from all levels in the organization by capturing suggestions to improve manufacturing efficiencies. The outcome is not only a more efficient business but can also lead to changes in people’s behaviour. Most companies’ business advantage starts when the workforce leads the improvement of manufacturing process efficiencies. Krontime offers an easy way to identify, maintain and report process improvements. Implementing an appropriate improvement plan, will have direct impact on the process analysis and indicators with better overall equipment effectiveness to reach production targets.