An information technology architecture for shop floor control

1994 ◽  
pp. 97-119
Author(s):  
Alfred Bauer ◽  
Richard Bowden ◽  
Jim Browne ◽  
James Duggan ◽  
Gerard J. Lyons
Author(s):  
Sergio Ricardo Mazini

This chapter presents an approach to the strategic role of information and information technology in the shop floor control in footwear industry sector, pointing and tracking through the various stages of the production process. Discusses the importance of industries perform monitoring of production processes, with the goal of identifying information needs, actions and solutions that will contribute to the improvement and efficiency of the production process. The chapter also discusses the contribution of information technology to the information systems of companies, through the resources and solutions available today, such as Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP, Manufacturing Resource Planning - MRP and Shop Floor Control - SFC. The research method is the case study conducted in firm located in an industrial Brazilian footwear. This study examines the use of a solution called GradeSFC tracking and pointing of the production process.


1994 ◽  
pp. 64-94
Author(s):  
Alfred Bauer ◽  
Richard Bowden ◽  
Jim Browne ◽  
James Duggan ◽  
Gerard J. Lyons

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