Production Management Automation

Author:Maggie Chen
The range of production management automation is very wide. To put it simply, it is the transformation from human led to automation production management.
There is a variety of applications in production management automation, such as production line automation, warehouse automation and the automation of production scheduling introduced in the following text.
Most of these focus on the ultimate goal of the integration of the production management information systems and the electronic data management system, including the decision support systems, databases, group software and so on.
The production information and the customer transaction data are also integrated. The upstream and downstream databases are connected closely by using the Internet and information technology. It speeds up the cooperative relations and information exchange between departments and work teams.
The production scheduling management automation system PSI applied is to make the combination of customer’s immediate order and VBA calculation automation for production scheduling arrangement. The instant response on actual capacity demands and output delivery time can be generated for low volume and high mix production requested by the customer.
Also the MIS system platform can also be used. Through the interface set by different departments, and with the help of electronic board and customer ordering system, we can instantly delivery the changed information streams.
The implemented effects of production scheduling management automation are as following:
  1. Reduce the number of data entry
  2. Reduce the typo error rate in database
  3. Improve the accuracy of the data check
  4. Use of systems analysis techniques to effectively manage delivery of orders with abnormal frequency
  5. Accelerate the information transfer capability
The benefits of producing scheduling management automation is to improve the management of the company's work time from traditional thinking to systematic and formalized direction.
One on hand, It not only can help the production line to easily add or stop lines for capacity planning adjustment but also helps to use standard working time for planning more stable output time to reduce the production output uncertainty.
On the other hand, the real-time production information can give instant delivering of reference to all of the staff, which enables lower operating costs, increases efficiency and earns the customer’s trust.