Horsham, PA. Aegis Software, a global provider of manufacturing execution software (MES), has announced the general availability of FactoryLogix 2017.1. The company said FactoryLogix 2017.1 delivers advancements across the entire platform, offering the following new features:
- Streamlined production engineering and planning. As customers demand higher quality at faster speeds and lower costs, manufacturers are continuously looking for new ways to optimize capacity and resources while reducing lead times. With Batch-to-Batch Dependencies, planners can schedule production batches that have a network of inter-dependencies to other batches, ensuring sufficient time and inventory thereby minimizing scheduling conflicts and production delays. The new Site-to-Site Portability feature enables manufacturers to effortlessly transfer production processes and accompanying documentation from one factory to another, eliminating the need to build from scratch. Manufacturers can leverage engineering expertise regardless of location, accelerating time to production and time to market, ultimately creating a competitive advantage.
- Development of on-the-fly, adaptive processes. Engineer-to-Order (ETO) provides the ability to develop fully managed process exceptions with complete conformance management including product tracking, material and process traceability, and provision of documentation. By leveraging the ability to create on-demand production operations, flows, and instructions for units that travel outside the main process, manufacturers can support personalization/customization, mitigate process disruptions, improve quality, and reduce costs.
- Improved shop floor ergonomics for boosted throughput. FactoryLogix 2017.1 delivers more barcode and keyboard shortcuts to frequently used functions and now also supports voice control, making it easier for operators to perform activities faster without sacrificing accuracy. Reducing errors, training time, and eliminating bottlenecks are just some of the benefits.
- Out-of-the-box compliance reports. To meet the growing demand to simplify compliance with regulatory requirements, Aegis continues to build upon its comprehensive capabilities of advanced analytics, alerts, triggers and escalation workflows, and now has out-of- the-box AS9100 reports, preconfigured eDHR reports for medical applications, and real-time statistical process control dashboards.
- Plug and play connectivity backbone for the connected ecosystem. The FactoryLogix platform includes a real-time Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) backbone enabling data collection from millions of machines and devices providing the actionable intelligence needed to drive manufacturing excellence. With FactoryLogix 2017.1, Aegis introduces more plug and play connectors to its already extensive library to further enable the connected ecosystem.
“FactoryLogix 2017.1 is an extensive release providing numerous breakthrough innovations fueled by continual collaboration with our global customer base of complex discrete manufacturers in the military, aerospace, electronics, medical, and automotive industries,” said Jason Spera, CEO, Aegis Software. “Building upon our extensive history and robust MES platform, this release adds new capabilities enabling manufacturers to elevate their manufacturing operations while giving them the foundational platform critical to support their Industry 4.0 initiatives.”
The company will be exhibiting at productronica November 14-17 in Munich.