Monitoring and control of operations in discrete manufacturing facilities presents a significant challenge to shop floor managers and production planners. Optimization processes are needed in shop-floor applications to improve labor utilization, order fulfillment, and extend cost control initiative at the workplace. While production planning systems project order fulfillment based upon standards, TOS Production Monitoring & Control system achieves actual projection coupled with reconciled and balanced labor and machine time for detailed cost allocation. TOS Rules-based Time Management provides a hands free timekeeping, exception-based attendance and absent, overtime, rotations and accrued entitlement scheduling based upon rules applied to labor profiles and collective bargaining agreements. Its Demand-based Scheduling system optimizes labor utilization, enhances supervisory reporting of productivity and work-in-progress status.
Kennametal Inc is a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered components and advanced materials that are consumed in production processes. The company implemented TOS in 26 plant sites throughout the US, Canada, Germany, England and China. The company has been a user of the system since 2001, fully integrated with SAP Production Planning System and Human Capital System. Installation and Deployment has been streamlined and performed by Kennametal effectively in support of new plants acquired by the company.
Tyco Flow Control brings together the world's premier manufacturers of flow control products. With over 90 valve brands, we offer a level of expertise that is second-to-none in providing innovative solutions to the most challenging flow control applications.
Kaiser Aluminum is a leading producer of fabricated aluminum products for aerospace and high strength, general engineering, automotive, and custom industrial applications. Repeatedly acknowledged as "Best in Class" among its global customer base, Kaiser Aluminum's 11 fabrication plants typically produce and ship more than 500 million pounds of product annually.
