Software Tracks Plant Performance.New Activitrak tracking software from Hunkar Laboratories Inc., Cincinnati Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. , tracks employee activities, machine utilization, and product inventories with barcode See bar code. and magnetic-stripe ID-card readers. Designed for injection and blow molding and extrusion processes, Activitrak records operator activity by task, job, machine, or location. It also reports machine run time versus set-up and repair times. In addition, it helps track rejects and compares productivity of molds on specific machines or job runs. Activitrak eliminates time spent on manual log sheets and the associated data-entry errors. Features can be custom-tailored to a plant's specific requirements. For example, bar-code labels can be produced at the molding machine (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. See also: Molding Molding for improved part trace-ability, lot control, and quality assurance. The PC-based system is offered as a self-contained package that can be used as a stand-alone system, as a module of Hunkar's Smart data-acquisition system, or linked to other monitoring, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , MRP (Material Requirements Planning) An information system that determines what assemblies must be built and what materials must be procured in order to build a unit of equipment by a certain date. , or accounting systems. Price starts at $11,999 for a 10-machine plant. |
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