Integrating with an Electronic Data Collection System

Today, many manufacturers are minimizing manual data entry on the shop floor. Enhancing the capability to employ data collection devices provides improvements in three very important areas:

Field or Control

Description

Error reduction

You can scan the control data (production, operation, and work center) rather than manually enter it, reducing the probability of errors.

Accuracy

Data collected during the course of the production activity reflects greater accuracy.

Simplicity

Depending upon the data collection front-end solution, you can combine several transactions together.

PeopleSoft Manufacturing and PeopleSoft Flow Production enable you to use a bar code scanner, wedge connected to a PC, or radio frequency device to scan data. You can use electronic data collection with these transactions:

  • Actual Hours

  • Completions

  • Component Issue/Return

  • Kanban Completions

  • Kanban Receiving

  • Kanban Transfers

  • Kit Issues/Returns

  • Manual Replenishment Request

  • Multiple Output Completions

  • Production Picking

Bar coded labels are available for completed items, Kanban Cards, and Pull Tickets. You can also print bar code-enabled reports.

All bar coded transactions are inserted into a central Transaction Log using PeopleSoft Application Messaging, where a process executes to pick up specific transaction rows for validation. If no errors are found, the system applies the transactions through PeopleSoft Manufacturing and PeopleSoft Flow Production. If errors are found, you can review the transactions and fix the errors on the Transaction Maintenance page.