Operation and Maintenance of Plastics Factory

 Challenge

The client is a manufacturing factory of plastic products, who needs to deal with a large number of raw materials every day. Production staff except for spending time to distinguish between many similar materials, avoiding material errors resulting in the waste of production costs, also need to bother to carry out timely information records in the tedious production process to ensure that each processing procedure can be traced.

Additionally, operators need to check inventory and finished product data in the manufacturing process from time to time to control the factory's production capacity. Data recording in all operations depends entirely on paper and manual handwriting, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive and often results in incomplete information and low reliability during data collection due to human factors. 

To reduce manual errors and increase the factory's productivity, the customer decided to adopt the appropriate computer tools to allow the workers to complete more work in less time. To reduce manual errors and increase the factory's productivity, the customer decided to adopt the appropriate computer tools to allow the workers to complete more work in less time. However, the harsh operating conditions of factories are not readily adaptable to standard electronic equipment. Production lines usually operate in harsh environments 24 hours a day. In addition to the pressure of frequent daily use, equipment may also face the impact of temperature and drop. Therefore, a rugged computer is a wise choice to avoid wasting time due to equipment failure.

Solution

The M10J rugged mobile PC meets all the needs of the client's business. It has excellent mobility, stability, and performance, allowing factory operators to move seamlessly between the production floor and warehouse environments to help them optimize work time and efficiency.

In the production and feeding process, each raw material is marked with a barcode to provide identification before entering the manufacturing plant. The M10J rugged mobile PC with integrated advanced barcode scanning function allows factory employees to quickly scan the material code for material identification to ensure correct materials into the production line.

In the tedious production and processing process, the operator needs to record the status of the batch of products and the corresponding raw material information in time to provide product traceability. The efficient data collection technology and 4G LTE wireless network capabilities of the M10J rugged mobile PC eliminate the need to carry pens and paper around with them and worry about saving paper documents throughout the day until they are transferred to electronic systems of the shift. Now, they can accurately record the product's information only by the touch input on the M10J rugged mobile PC. The data will be automatically uploaded to the background system through the mobile network and immediately available, reducing the original large amount of paperwork and mistake transcription.

When many finished products are put into storage, the operator needs to count the products one by one and record their quantity and storage location to achieve accurate inventory management. Using the M10J rugged mobile PC, the operator can easily view and manage more product data and inventory information. They can scan product labels through the M10J to obtain data and send it to the inventory management system through the network for inbound records and real-time inventory updates to achieve instant visibility and effective management of complete inventory.