Aegis Unveils R4 Manufacturing Operations Software
Aegis is to showcase the fourth major release of its Version 7 manufacturing operations software, known as R4, at Farnborough's Southern Manufacturing Show. R4 is said to feature several key updates, including enhancements to the process planning and launch engine, paperless delivery, product tracking, quality collection and repair, dashboards, and analytics. In addition, R4 adds a fully redesigned shop-floor materials control interface.
Aegis has also added many real-time xLink data collection adapters, further advancing its plug-and-play connectivity to assembly, process, inspection, and test assets. Version 7 enabled customers to build their own reports, analyses and dashboards without any customisation or costs. R4 is said to extend this user-customisation advantage to shop-floor materials verification. The software enables customers to design the materials setup strategy and tactics their web-based shop floor interface will employ using a graphical user interface.
R4 users can define exactly how the system guides operators, reacts to conditions, and the level of control it enforces. The software is also said to add a new type of traceability to the accuracy of Aegis consumption-side traceability functions called 'Job Level' traceability. R4 provides a kit verification process and assists despatch to the floor, providing 'Job Level' traceability where perfect unit-level traceability is not desired. In addition, the technology is said to assist operators in predicting the unit volume that can be produced for a given kit in real time as it is scanned for despatch.
Aegis said R4 provides enhanced support for infinitely nested box-build assemblies, and enhanced mechanical CAD support within the paperless, trace, and tracking capabilities of the system. R4 is said to improve upon the real-time dashboard and report creation systems from Aegis, Imonitor and Data Miner. The software can also automate and customise whiteboards for each factory without the need for customisation costs or IT assistance. Users can now create a single report template utilising multiple data sources to create one comprehensive report utilising all the data from different data sources in a single workbook.
R4 enables traceability reporting from a top-level serial ID on a box-build assembly down and through any number of subassemblies and onto the individual components within mechanical and/or electronics assemblies. Beyond its fully automatic job and station-level DPMO, R4 delivers the only viable means to monitor 'In Process DPMO' in real time. The solution supports non-conformance 'charge backs' to root cause, to drive real process analysis by the root source of quality problems, rather than only the location at which they were identified.
The Yield and DPMO data sources also include a 'Group By' function of 'Time', 'Product' and 'Location' and the product-centric nature of the data source will be removed. This capability allows end users to view Yield and DPMO data independent of a specific product. R4 adds categorisation and ranks to jobs that are on the build horizon, providing shop-floor personnel with guidance to their daily build sequence. Job planners may re-categorise and re-order jobs based on readiness or urgency through the browser interface, by importing an updated job list directly into the system, or through API integration to ERP or scheduling systems in place within the enterprise.
Aegis has also added many real-time xLink data collection adapters, further advancing its plug-and-play connectivity to assembly, process, inspection, and test assets. Version 7 enabled customers to build their own reports, analyses and dashboards without any customisation or costs. R4 is said to extend this user-customisation advantage to shop-floor materials verification. The software enables customers to design the materials setup strategy and tactics their web-based shop floor interface will employ using a graphical user interface.
R4 users can define exactly how the system guides operators, reacts to conditions, and the level of control it enforces. The software is also said to add a new type of traceability to the accuracy of Aegis consumption-side traceability functions called 'Job Level' traceability. R4 provides a kit verification process and assists despatch to the floor, providing 'Job Level' traceability where perfect unit-level traceability is not desired. In addition, the technology is said to assist operators in predicting the unit volume that can be produced for a given kit in real time as it is scanned for despatch.
Aegis said R4 provides enhanced support for infinitely nested box-build assemblies, and enhanced mechanical CAD support within the paperless, trace, and tracking capabilities of the system. R4 is said to improve upon the real-time dashboard and report creation systems from Aegis, Imonitor and Data Miner. The software can also automate and customise whiteboards for each factory without the need for customisation costs or IT assistance. Users can now create a single report template utilising multiple data sources to create one comprehensive report utilising all the data from different data sources in a single workbook.
R4 enables traceability reporting from a top-level serial ID on a box-build assembly down and through any number of subassemblies and onto the individual components within mechanical and/or electronics assemblies. Beyond its fully automatic job and station-level DPMO, R4 delivers the only viable means to monitor 'In Process DPMO' in real time. The solution supports non-conformance 'charge backs' to root cause, to drive real process analysis by the root source of quality problems, rather than only the location at which they were identified.
The Yield and DPMO data sources also include a 'Group By' function of 'Time', 'Product' and 'Location' and the product-centric nature of the data source will be removed. This capability allows end users to view Yield and DPMO data independent of a specific product. R4 adds categorisation and ranks to jobs that are on the build horizon, providing shop-floor personnel with guidance to their daily build sequence. Job planners may re-categorise and re-order jobs based on readiness or urgency through the browser interface, by importing an updated job list directly into the system, or through API integration to ERP or scheduling systems in place within the enterprise.
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