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SCHEDULER™ was specifically designed to marry the top floor,
transaction-based system with the real-time, plant floor environment.
In the metal forming industry, minimizing scrap and maximizing efficiency
can best be accomplished by seamlessly tying together near real-time
information from order initiation through product output.
Features of BCI SCHEDULER™, include:
- Sophisticated feed roll management
- Data import structure
- Material sorting
- Material metering
- Line scheduling
- Line controller interface
- Machine indexing
- Automatic machine setup
- Pick and place
- Reporting tools
Integrate the Business
System with the Plant Floor
With the flexible Manufacturing
Execution System (MES) interface offered by BCI SCHEDULER™,
almost any business system can be integrated to the plant floor. The
import manager application can be configured to read several different
database formats or can read from text files. This means data can
come from SQL Server, Oracle, Access, or any other ODBC-compatible
data source. The data can be imported and exported using comma-delimited
or fixed-width files on a network share, read from a floppy, or sent
via FTP over an intranet or the Internet.
Plant Level Architecture
- Flexible and scalable
- Proven standards
- Network traffic segmented to optimize
performance
- Total system connectivity
Enterprise Level Architecture
- Fully scalable
- Central database or multi-server
- Different types of production
lines
- Multiple locations
- Different plants can have variations
of the enterprise standards as business needs require
- Common look-and-feel
- Operators easily cross-trained
- Flexible across enterprise
Flexible Communication
Architecture
Different businesses have different needs. BCI SCHEDULER™
allows for ready configuration of bundling rules, import and export
structures, network topology, and operator interface:
- Seamless integration with most of today's
enterprise software
- Top-down scheduling for agile manufacturing
- System-wide status visibility means fewer
hours chasing information
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Motion Control
With the improvement in
production, the increased visibility into the system and the seamless
connection between the front office and the plant floor, the result
has been what I would call a third-generation shop floor control system.
We are very happy with the performance of the system.
Gary Martin
Former VP of Manufacturing
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