| ·Overview of Production Management Solution with | | | | charge of both production and collection of data. If a |
| Sumlung MS30 barcode scanner/reader | | | | primitive form of manpower collection is used, the |
| Facing increasingly fierce market | | | | speed of data input will be very low and may cause |
| competition, many manufacturing-based enterprises | | | | some mistakes. |
| adopts the ERP / MRP and other systems to help | | | | Because the data at production site are |
| companies improve management, enhance the abilities | | | | scattered in the production chains, it needs to use the |
| to deal with competition and change. However, upper | | | | barcode as a link to information on all the production |
| management of production planning is affected by the | | | | processes, and then companies can track products in |
| market to a larger extent. In that case, enterprises | | | | the whole process from the beginning of production to |
| found that plans could not keep up with such significant | | | | the off-line product. |
| changes. Faced with customers' stringent requirements | | | | ·The characteristics and advantages of using |
| on delivery times, more retrofits on products and the | | | | Sumlung MS30 mobile barcode scanner to collect data |
| continuous adjustment of orders, business | | | | 1. Compared with traditional ways of production |
| decision-makers recognize that the formulation of | | | | management |
| plans depends on the market and the actual state of | | | | 1) Pay attention to the management and |
| work, but not exclusively controlling production | | | | control of working processes at production site, |
| according to materials and stock returns. Meanwhile | | | | feature with barcode technology |
| the ERP / MRP software are mainly aimed at | | | | 2) be the perfect integration with the |
| resource planning, these systems are usually able to | | | | program level, and enhance the ERP / MRP system |
| handle things happened before yesterday (as the | | | | application. |
| historical analysis), and also anticipate and deal with | | | | 2. Compared with other barcode scanning |
| things that will happen tomorrow, but often lead to | | | | equipments |
| irregular gaps in the events right now. Therefore, the | | | | 1) Sumlung MS30 mobile barcode scanner |
| production of site management has been in the state | | | | adopts a new design concept, scanning barcodes to all |
| of a black box, which has been unable to meet the | | | | kinds of smart phones which means converting two to |
| needs of today's complex and changing competition. | | | | one. Thereby, the mobile phone becomes a data |
| How to make this kind of black box work | | | | collector which is compact and lightweight. |
| transparent, to find some problems which effect | | | | 2) The convergence of PDA, computers, |
| product quality and cost, to improve programs' | | | | GPRS, Bluetooth, scanning can help enterprises to |
| instantaneity and flexibility while raising the efficiency of | | | | improve efficiency and reduce the cost to scale. |
| the production line has become the concern of every | | | | ·Benefit assessment |
| enterprise. | | | | 1) Reduce human error input, realize the |
| ·Role of barcode scanner in fixed assets | | | | wireless connection of the production and |
| management | | | | management of business data, reduce the workload |
| Production operations on the spot | | | | of administrators, and cut of the work time by 75% - |
| generated a lot of useful data in real time which will | | | | 90% for supervisors handling of the documents |
| play an important role in companies' decision-making. | | | | 2) It is unnecessary to dispatch members of |
| The data generated at production site are | | | | the working group to record production data, so all the |
| usually collected by operating personnel there, who is in | | | | workers can be fully put into production. |