Manufacturers face mounting market pressures and increasingly tight delivery tolerances, making it critical to have facilities and equipment not only operational but performing at their best. FAIC Group offers expert guidance to navigate the complex options and implementation strategies available today. Our team specializes in analyzing shop floor workflows to pinpoint opportunities where automation can deliver the greatest value.

When you implement SyteLine Data Collection solution, you will streamline your business. Information will flow from engineers and designers to the shop floor seamlessly and more quickly. Rapid and accurate information sharing assists you in meeting tightening deadlines and facilitates greater communication between the builders and the designers, eliminating costly mistakes and rework.

We can implement Shop Floor Automation in these areas:

Material Handing

The SyteLine DC software solution automates standard SyteLine receiving, inventory movement & counting, and shipping transaction processing.

Inventory

By automating tasks, your staff can eliminate time-consuming paperwork and manual data entry. Using part and location scanning, inventory transfers, adjustments, returns, and real-time updates to SyteLine are streamlined. Counting processes are also simplified by downloading count items, locations, and bin details directly to user terminals, removing the need to log into SyteLine.

Production Reporting

Achieving real-time visibility on the shop floor relies on automated production reporting. Barcoded manufacturing documents facilitate efficient data entry and accurate labor tracking. SyteLine jobs and schedules are updated automatically with completion quantities, machine times, and labor hours. This reduces manual effort and increases precision.

Shipping

Accurate and efficient shipping hinges on selecting the correct items in the correct quantities for each customer. When SyteLine pick lists are downloaded to the shipping clerk, detailed item, quantity, and location data guide the process, guaranteeing proper selection and verification. Customer-specific shipping labels are generated automatically. This helps cut down on manual data entry and minimize errors while improving overall shipping accuracy.

Receiving

When vendor shipments arrive, the receiving clerk scans the bar code labels to capture and validate information such as the purchase order number, part numbers, quantities, and lot numbers against your receiving parameters. The system can also guide the clerk with put-away locations or instructions for direct issues to the shop floor. Inventory in SyteLine is updated instantly upon receipt, maintaining real-time accuracy. Additionally, receiving labels can be printed and applied to streamline processing for vendors who do not meet your label specifications.

Integrated Bar Code Label Printing

Predefined bar code label formats are delivered for and integrated with each SyteLine DC transaction. Label data is pulled from your SyteLine database, eliminating manual data entry and outside label databases. You may also configure existing label formats, or produce your own formats, to meet virtually any labeling requirement.