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 ca...