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Take control of your work orders with barcode scanning and Standard Time®.
If your jobs are running wild, and nobody knows the status, and employees work on whatever they want, it’s probably time for an automated barcode scanning system.
It’s as easy as scanning at Walmart. But it’s Standard Time instead. Get it?
Barcode rules can ease the burden of manufacturing managers by eliminating admin work. How?
Standard Time® can intelligently recognize barcode scans, and do things with them. This video shows how barcode rules can automatically create new work orders and tasks at the moment employees scan them. This means manufacturing managers do not need to set them up ahead of time. There is no admin setup time; there is just real-time recognition and auto-setup.
Watch this video!
Scanning inventory items can give you timestamped records of usage. It can show you cost for both time and materials, all from a few barcode scans.
Here’s a little video to help inspire you to collect custom manufacturing data on the shop floor. Use this technique to request special info from your employees on the shop floor. Special popups will occur. Employees must complete these popups before timers will start or stop. That ensures you get the data you need for KPI’s, calculations, scripts, exports and reports.
It all starts with “Required Scans.” Look it up and give it a try!
Here’s a native Windows client app to aid in barcode scanning on the shop floor. Of course you can also use the Standard Time cloud on any browser device. This app is Windows only, and normally only used for on-prem installations.
The advantage of BC is that it limits users to scanning only.
QR Codes in manufacturing make tracking work orders easy and painless. Simply print a QR code with your work order, process step, and other values. Scan the QR and Standard Time will start a timer. Scan again, and ST will stop the timer. It’s really that simple.
Here’s a unique idea!
Do you have preprinted QR codes, RFID’s or barcodes coming into your shop that you want to scan and perform actions on?
Consider using “Barcode Rules” in Standard Time. You can set up a few easy rules to recognize those scans, then a few more rules to extract data from them. Now you don’t need to preregister anything to use them. Just scan-and-go! When you scan, Standard Time will grab data from the QR codes, RFID’s, and barcodes and use that to start a new timer or deduct from inventory.
Watch the video for inspiration and ideas.
Watch what happens when you scan a QR code into the Standard Time software.
This little video is very enlightening!
Standard Time extracts all the information necessary for employee time tracking and job status directly from the QR code. It registers all the information so you don’t have to enter it manually. That means less admin work. A single scan starts everything!
Watch the video below to see it happen.
Barcodes and RFID’s can give you 50 pieces of manufacturing data with just 3 scans. This video will show you how.
And if that’s not enough, you can prompt employees for more data. Use that new data for calculations and dashboard display.
Can you export barcode scans from Standard Time? Sure!
Choose File, Export for that.
But first, consider filtering, sorting, and arranging columns to include only what you want in the export file. And, consider choosing Tools Scheduled Exports to set up a recurring export.