Employee Productivity

APS recognizes the need to improve employee productivity through better communication and streamlined manufacturing processes. We believe employees want to do the right thing and they will do so if they have the right information. We focus on capturing timely and accurate information and sharing it with whoever needs it to do their job. We make sure the process of capturing and sharing information is a natural part of an employee's job, not an ancillary system or a burdensome side task.

To compete today, manufacturers are empowering their employees to quickly notify quality, production, materials management, and maintenance personnel of potential problems before adversely affecting plant operations. Our communication solutions ensure rapid and effective management of the ever-changing requirements of a dynamic manufacturing operation. At-a-glance, visual feedback provides employees real-time updates on how they are progressing relative to daily goals.

As we are asking front-line employees to get more done with less, we must enhance the odds of an employee doing their job correctly by providing them real time guidance. Operational method sheets/screens provide graphical work instructions, quality control procedures, and parts required for each process. Best practices must be documented and shared in efforts to improve overall product quality. APS' error proofing solutions are designed to prevent errors before they occur by providing employees guidance and real-time instructions. It also focuses on the integration of information between automated systems to ensure product is built to customer specifications and scrap is minimized.

Record keeping is an ever-growing burden on manufacturers. APS' traceability solutions minimizes the time an employee must spend recording data for audit trail purposes for customer compliance and regulatory reporting. Operations are monitored and required data as to who did what, when, where, and how are captured automatically eliminating duplicate data entry and the potential for operator data entry errors.

A considerable amount of time each day is spent coordinating enterprise resource planning systems with shop-floor production systems. Our data transport solutions improve employee productivity by closing the gap between business planning systems and plant-floor production systems. Employees are provided production and maintenance plans and schedules on a real time basis. Actual production information is integrated with billing/financial, purchasing, and supply chain management systems. The seamless integration of systems allows for the bi-directional flow of information resulting in more productive employees.

APS' productivity solutions are built on the I/Gear Product Suite. By utilizing the I/Gear software the solutions are built on a reliable and expandable platform that provides quick and simple configuration.

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