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Industry 4.0, powered by JobPack: Enter the new age of manufacturing intelligence.

Scalable, accessible digital transformation for the manufacturing floor.

The manufacturing intelligence data from JobPack will enrich your business and logistics processes and bring them closer to the production line. In today’s highly competitive and fast changing market, the technologies behind Industry 4.0 need to be accessible to all manufacturing organizations. Independent of size, all companies face common challenges such as on-time delivery, profitability, improved stock control, increased visibility and productivity.

Recognizing this, our solution is fully scalable, making it accessible to smaller companies with limited resources through to larger organizations running thousands of operations and with dedicated IT. It also means that you can benefit from our experience and best practice advice from working with companies at all stages in their growth lifecycle and across industry sectors.

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Interconnected Shop Floor

JobPack’s digital work queues improve communication between managers and machine operators, ensuring seamless transitions between scheduled production runs and a complete record of work orders. Owners can see which machines are running from the back office, allowing them to make informed decisions that support on-time delivery.

Greater shop floor transparency supports high level decision making while empowering schedulers and operators to identify and act on areas of improvement.

Optimize the production schedule to reduce the time that machines are standing idle during working hours.
Digital batch cards keep crucial production information in one place while eliminating paper packets as a source of confusion.
WIP tracking lets users input rich data at every point in production, providing management with a detailed account of job progress.

Drag and drop production scheduling combined with “what if” scenario planning keep everyone on the same page.

Manufacturing Data Analytics

Without the data analytics provided by Industry 4.0 technologies, many manufacturers are running blind, making key decisions with incomplete information. JobPack’s machine monitoring and reporting tools provide a clearer picture, eliminating ambiguity so that all team members can function with greater confidence.

Data insights from JobPack improve efficiency by identifying bottlenecks, reducing scrap and rework, lowering overtime costs, and supporting the on-time delivery rate.

Machine monitoring data measures uptime and downtime status, helping managers pinpoint areas of inefficiency.
Capture the time attributed to work orders supporting more accurate job costing.
Calculate Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) with detailed information directly from the shop floor.

ERP Integration

Many manufacturers rely on their ERP to manage the larger, logistical aspects of their business—but these tools often fall short when they come into contact with the day-to-day realities on the shop floor. JobPack fills the gap, allowing manufacturers to gain all the benefits of a shop floor scheduler that is fully integrated with their ERP.

In over 30 years of business, we’ve never met an ERP system we couldn’t integrate with. More than likely, we already know your system and have worked with it before.

JobPack can accommodate your current ERP setup without the need for any changes to your system.
JobPack will pull basic work order or sales order info (part ID, quantity, delivery date) and basic routing/process steps from your ERP.
Routings can also be created in JobPack and copied over the next time the same part is ordered.
Order status, including Work-In-Progress Tracking can be transferred to your ERP system.

Our engineers have many database schemas for the most popular ERP systems, allowing us to integrate JobPack without added costs for ERP vendor support.

Build a smart factory one module at a time.

JobPack offers a modular solution because we believe that to realize the full benefits of any digitization program it’s important to identify and address your most critical areas first. As well as being high risk, wholesale change is highly disruptive.

With this modular approach you can start building your solution with any of our modules and use the insight that they provide to determine your best next steps for improvement and/or investment. It’s a process of continuous improvement, and one with enough flexibility to future-proof you for ongoing industry changes.

Our solution also enables you to integrate with your existing business systems such as ERP for frictionless processing of orders from start to finish.

Current JobPack users gain Industry 4.0 benefits with a migration to JobPack AIR DNC.

The next generation of JobPack’s extends digital control across your factory floor with machine monitoring and prioritized work queues.

JobPack Air DNC offers:

Controlled release of approved files to the shopfloor by Engineering users – with instant updates.
Part revision and file version control to simplify managing versions and improve traceability.
Audit trails to capture events, including program transfers, that have occurred through the lifecycle of the JobPack.
Faster access for operators with role-based permissions and intuitive JobPack search.
A familiar, modernized interface that’s quick to learn, and easier to use and maintain.
A centralized architecture that runs in a browser on any device – no more installing software on local terminals.
Modern machine connectivity options, making it easier to expand your system.
Streamlined software updates, available quarterly and deployed quickly.
Unlimited user access, enabling greater cross-functional visibility and collaboration.

Download the JobPack AIR DNC Guide

Begin your Industry 4.0 journey by scheduling a demo with JobPack today.

JobPack has been specializing in digital solutions since 1992, so we understand the importance of connecting the right data with the right people to make informed decisions. We also know that optimizing the productivity of your manufacturing resources is critical. That’s why we recommend companies look to the shop floor first to understand the tangible and quantifiable benefits of digitization.