x/DC Receiving
The accurate and expedient capture of material receipts is the first important control point of a streamlined manufacturing operation. As vendor shipments arrive at the receiving dock, the receiving operator scans bar-coded materials to verify the purchase order number, part numbers, lot/serial numbers and quantities received within the business application. If a particular vendor does not apply labels to their materials shipments, receiving labels may be generated at the receiving dock from your own business application database. Received materials can be assigned to a put-away location, item default location, or issued directly to the shop floor. Business system purchase order receipts and inventories are updated in real-time.
x/DC Inventory
Timely inventory status is critical to accurate planning and timely execution in a competitive manufacturing environment. x/DC Inventory expedites movement and increases inventory data accuracy. Materials personnel can transfer, issue, count and adjust inventories within the business application, using barcodes or RFID tags to eliminate paperwork and manual data entry. x/DC also automates Inventory cycle counting and physical inventory processes. x/DC can generate bar coded item lists or download cycle count items to the handheld portable data collection terminal. Users scan the items in inventory locations specified for counting. Inventories are updated on-line in real-time. Manual tag printing and variance reporting processes can be eliminated, providing quicker access to counted inventory.
x/DC Shipping
The customer's final measure of a vendor’s performance is based on the accurate, on-time receipt of shipped goods. x/DC Shipping takes the guesswork out of making complete, accurate and on-time shipments within the business application. x/DC Shipping automates and streamlines the business system’s process, eliminating unnecessary steps and effort. Orders can be downloaded directly to the picking terminal, or confirmed via hard copy picking documents.
x/DC Shipping can also trigger printing of pack lists, BOLs, labels, and even EDI ASNs. x/DC Shipping is integrated with Loftware labeling software, and can automatically generate customer-defined shipping labels with required sales order data, eliminating manual label data entry.
x/DC IntelliLabel
IntelliLabel is Radley’s nested container management system, which allows the end user to define a hierarchy of containers, and assign, track and trace raw materials, WIP or finished goods within the container(s) via a single scan. Using IntelliLabel, a serialized barcode (license plate) label may be you can printed and applied to a container (box, case, pallet, etc.) at any point within the business process. Users scan this single bar code to update the business application with the real-time status of all of the contents within the container.
IntelliLabel example: 12 serialized partsare placed in a box with an IntelliLabel, and the 12 parts are assigned to the IntelliLabel license plate number on the box. From that point, the IntelliLabel on the box can be scanned to update the business application with the status of the all 12 parts within. Then, that box can be one of 12 boxes placed inside a master carton – also with an IntelliLabel – which can be scanned to update the business application with the status of the all 12 interior boxes and/or all 144 parts. That master carton can be one of 27 cartons placed on an IntelliLabel pallet. That pallet can be scanned to update the business application with the status of the one pallet, all 27 master cartons, 324 boxes and 3,888 parts.
IntelliLabels can also be assigned to mixed pallets (customer orders, for example). For example, during customer order picking, the items picked for the order can be associated with the IntelliLabel license plate number. Thereafter, any item(s) can be traced to specific customer shipments, in the cases of recalls, obsolescence, etc.
x/DC Labor Tracking
Managing shop floor labor efficiently is a critical component of lean manufacturing practices. x/DC Labor Tracking streamlines labor entry by reducing the time and effort of data entry required to apply time to production jobs within the business application. Production data is validated on-line, and available for real-time queries, efficiency reports, and standard vs. actual cost analysis.
Production personnel can quickly enter labor and/or part completion data and/or back-flush materials as consumed. Additional prompts for pieces completed, scrapped, held, etc., are also available. Automatic operation starts & stops may be triggered by preceding steps within the operational sequence. Bar code scans and/or machine control devices can also generate production transactions, and automate WIP movement through the production process.
The business system is automatically updated with labor hours, machine hours, completed and scrapped quantities and manufacturing completions. (If x/DC Time & Attendance is implemented, both direct and indirect labor hours can be reconciled against payroll hours.) Supervisors can review, correct and approve all labor transactions, if desired. Complete transaction history and exception reporting capabilities are standard.
x/DC Time & Attendance
Automated time & attendance processing should streamline the collection and processing of employee payroll time. Data entry errors are reduced, potential for fraud is minimized, and payroll hours are formatted for export to your payroll system. x/DC Time & Attendance provides a simplified control point for reporting payroll time, and can operate on the same terminals used for other x/DC applications.
Data entry may be as simple as a badge-swipe to clock-in and -out per shift. x/DC Time & Attendance can apply paid breaks to the employee schedule, while deducting unpaid breaks and/or lunches from the ‘hours worked’ balance. If an employee's time deviates from his or her schedule, x/DC Time & Attendance will generate an exception notices for supervisor review during the time approval process. Upon approval, employee time is available for payroll system update (several major payroll interfaces are supported).
Supervisors can use real-time queries to view the status of all scheduled employees. Override Schedules may be constructed to replace the standard schedules for user-defined periods of time, such as plant shutdowns, holiday weeks, or even preapproved overtime periods.
Vacation, personal, sick time and other future leave requests may be entered into the shift/department schedule for the current day or any future date(s). Such accruals are also tracked for each employee, based on user-defined accrual rates. Employee balances are adjusted when the hours are approved during the corresponding shift period, via the standard supervisor approval process.
Keep Things Moving - Even When Off-Line
x/DC Client Server Technology
x/DC’s client/server architecture ensures that data is collected around the clock, 24/7. The x/DC Client software – which resides on the end device – collects and stores transactions for business application updates whenever access to the business appliciation is disabled, whether due to routine hardware maintenance, system back-ups, wide area network disruption, or other unplanned events.
The x/DC Client reverts to store-and-forward mode whenever communications across your network backbone to your business application fails. Once communication is reestablished, x/DC will process and validate each stored transaction before posting to your business application. x/DC also includes simple utilities to correct and reprocess any invalid transactions.
x/DC Efficiency!
x/DC’s Client application streamlines data collection by prompting users for only the few critical data elements required to perform each transaction - making input quick and easy. Users spend more time being productive because they spend less time entering data. x/DC is also available to more of your staff, because the x/DC Client application functions on industry standard data collection terminals, PCs, PDAs, PLCs, touch screen devices, scales, RFID terminals, and even smart-phones.
