“Production Floor Management Software: Real-Time WIP Tracking & Shop Floor Visibility
Manufacturing shop floor and production floor management. Smart manufacturing functions have thousands of inventory or shop floor monitoring for a production unit to keep updated on the process aspects of the workflow. RipplesIPS Bluetooth RTLS for real-time location system can give a wide range of comparison reports to help improve factory floor and workflow process efficiencies.
Low-cost deployment for Work-in-Progress (WIP) tracking, Bottleneck identification, and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) for implementing Digital Twin for factories
Bluetooth RTLS Solutions for Efficient Production Floor Management
- Gain new insights from the production shop floor dashboard
- Optimize production shop floor management with the help of indoor positioning
- Increase productivity using our production inventory tracking system search
- Bluetooth RTLS solutions data collection for production inventory tracking, choke points to improve workflow
- Enable ease of inspection of plant and machinery in production tracking systems
- Integrated with Bluetooth beacons, LoRaWAN gateways, RTLS anchors, and data visualization tools
- Easy to deploy workflow monitoring systems. No wiring or infrastructure costs
- Bin and Pallet tracking of raw materials and finished goods within the shop floor.
- Monitoring the workflow in production, logistics, warehousing & other services
- Understand and analyze the time taken for a production pallet to move between zones
- Monitoring the movement and location of visitors and contractors for safety & security
- Monitoring of Infrastructure parameters such as temperature humidity and intruder detection
- Understanding equipment utilization & support staff visits for efficient maintenance
How to Improve Shop Floor Productivity with RTLS?
How do I manage my production shop floor? Ensure machine uptime in the factory shop floor to improve safety & productivity, all in a box, fully integrated shop floor workflow monitoring, inventory tracking and preventive maintenance suite to help you achieve real-time updates on all aspects of your shop floor operations. The factory floor, pump motor tracking, Indoor inventory tracking software with a monitoring dashboard, comprises zone information, object count within zones, indoor positioning analytics, and anomaly detection functions such as temperature. Track work orders in the supply chain, improve manufacturing processes and ensure production floor data collection for shop floor control. Preventive Maintenance aspects, such as technicians visiting for repair, inspection, abnormality manager, calibration records, etc., know about the shop floor digital twin
- Integrated solution using massive mesh network technology
Shop Floor Data Collection for Tracking Work-in-Progress (WIP)
What is factory shop floor data collection? Track the movement of equipment within the building’s premises, use the panic button to trigger anomalies, and record them in RipplesCMMS. Factories can easily audit the entry and exit of equipment sent for repair, rental, leasing, etc. Smart pallet and inventory tracking solutions help improve inventory control and space utilisation using our industrial RTLS platform for shop Floor Data Collection, Real-time Manufacturing Tracking, Work-in-Progress (WIP) Visibility, and a Digital Twin for the Shop Floor.
How does Production Floor Management Software improve shop floor efficiency?
Production floor management software provides real-time visibility into every stage of the manufacturing process. By using Bluetooth Mesh RTLS (Real-Time Location System), the software automates the tracking of Work-in-Progress (WIP) and assets. This eliminates manual data entry, reduces time spent searching for tools or materials, and identifies production bottlenecks instantly, leading to a leaner, more agile manufacturing cycle.
Can the RTLS software integrate with our existing ERP or MES?
Yes. Our production floor management solution is designed with an open architecture to seamlessly integrate with major ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems). This ensures that your real-time location data flows directly into your management systems, providing a “single source of truth” for inventory, asset utilisation, and production timelines.
What is the difference between RFID and Bluetooth Mesh for shop floor tracking?
While RFID is effective for point-of-entry tracking, Bluetooth Mesh RTLS offers continuous, real-time monitoring across the entire shop floor. Bluetooth Mesh is generally more cost-effective to deploy at scale, offers higher accuracy in dense industrial environments, and provides a multi-hop network that ensures no “blind spots” in your production tracking.
How does the software help in reducing Work-in-Progress (WIP) lead times?
The software monitors the “dwell time” of products at each workstation. If a component stays in one zone longer than the predefined threshold, the system triggers an automatic alert. This allows floor managers to intervene in real-time, preventing the “invisible” delays that typically inflate WIP lead times and stall overall throughput.
Is the hardware durable enough for harsh industrial environments?
Absolutely. Our IoT sensors and gateways are built for Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications. They are designed to withstand high temperatures, vibrations, and electromagnetic interference common in manufacturing plants. The low-power consumption of our Bluetooth tags also ensures a long battery life (typically 3–5 years), minimising maintenance overhead.
On-Premise and Cloud-Hosted Factory Floor Software Options
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