Manufacturing Execution System (Data Collection)
Accurate Data-Thorough Insights-More Effective Decisions
Epicor Kinetic Data Collection (formerly known as the MES feature within the Production Management module) is an easy-to-use module for the plant floor that allows plant-based transactions real-time visibility throughout the Epicor solution. Enable accurate labor reporting and online transaction tracking through Data Collection for a real-time picture of what is occurring on the plant floor by employee and job.
Integration with Epicor Job Management, Scheduling, Quality Assurance, and Advanced Material Management eliminates dual entry and provides real-time views of the latest plant floor scheduling priorities online. In addition, integration with the Epicor Document Attach Tool allows plant floor access to needed documentation, such as product drawings, process documents, and multimedia videos.
Epicor Kinetic Data Collection's functionality
Flexible Data Entry Technology
Use a touchscreen, mouse, bar code, or keyboard interface to update labor information from the plant floor.
Eliminate data entry mistakes and increase transaction speed by scanning a bar code tag to complete a transaction.
Work Queue
Provide employees with prioritized work schedules and make information directly available to the plant floor. Select multiple operations for work at the same time, full sheet views of specific to current, available, or expected work. Target work based on TAKT, pieces, hours and set up group designations, and advanced search capabilities.
Multilingual Data Collection
Display the Data Collection screens in the employee’s primary language.
Distributed Hours
Automatically split labor hours across multiple jobs being worked on simultaneously by an employee—likewise, split resource or machine hours when two or more employees work on the same resource.
Quality Reporting
Capture rework and scrap reason codes and miscellaneous employee comments from the plant floor. Use the Quality Assurance options to report setup inspection, first article, piece counts, and more.
Shop Warnings
Keep supervisors informed of a job’s status or an employee’s performance using shop warnings, which appear in various locations throughout the system when certain conditions or events occur.
Grace Periods/Multiple Shifts
Manage clock-in and clock-out periods with adjustments made for user-defined grace periods. Accommodate split and staggered shifts.
Trackers in the Plant
Access online trackers on the plant floor from within Data Collection, such as Job Tracker, Order Tracker, Customer Tracker, and Shipment Tracker. Shop Tracker shows who’s here, who’s not here, current work center activity, as well as user-defined alert conditions from the plant floor.
Shipping and Receiving
In combination with the Advanced Material Management module, maximize responsiveness in the warehouse with Shipping and Receiving functions from within the Data Collection module.
Inventory Management
In combination with the Advanced Material Management module, maximize responsiveness in the warehouse with Inventory functions such as adjustment, material issues, and physical inventory counts from within Data Collection.
Material Handling
In combination with the Advanced Material Management module, maximize the responsiveness of material handlers with material move queues and allow operators to request WIP moves of product from one location to another, maximizing control of in-process products while reducing delays. Move WIP products into inventory storage locations or stage WIP at the following resource based on available space and time. Quickly and accurately identify WIP and inventory containers with system-generated bar codes.