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New Release of Factivity MES Software Receives Rave Reviews

Excelda Manufacturing manager details time and paper savings CLEVELAND (April 22, 2010) FACTIVITY Inc, a pioneer in the MES software field since 1998 recently installed a new release of its touch screen software product FACTIVITY data capture (templates) module at Brighton, Michigan’s Excelda Mfg. The company is a solution provider of private label consumer and […]

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Factivity Distributes Low Cost Visual Manufacturing to Rittling

An extension of the basic FACTIVITY MES, gives engineers revision level control and operators complete visibility of all drawings CLEVELAND (September 14, 2010) Rittling’s Hydro-Air Production facility, based in Western New York, produces advanced, reliable and efficient heating designs. Rittling’s engineers can custom build components for virtually any plan or architectural drawing, making Rittling the

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Factivity Inc Extends its Capabilities from Touch Screen to Hand Held Devices

CLEVELAND (March 5, 2011) – MES provider FACTIVITY INC has announced the easy extension of the FACTIVITY system from touch screen kiosks to hand held devices.  The extensions, FACTIVITY RF come in two types and include both: Technology Enhancements to the base FACTIVITY module for use of hand-held scanners Business Function Enhancements with FACTIVITY-RF Modules

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What Saint Gobain says about FACTIVITY…

Do You Know Which FACTIVITY Modules Are Right for Your Plant? At Saint-Gobain improving your factory floor can be a complicated, confusing task. Many executives have no idea which FACTIVITY Modules are needed to accomplish their goals…improving productivity, tracking jobs and employee performance, scheduling jobs, etc. Factivity has several modules…that accomplish different tasks. Below you

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MES Pioneer FACTIVITY Inc. Introduces WORKBENCH

Software Tools to Improve Production, Lower Costs and Improve On-Time Delivery Cleveland, OH (April 12, 2013) — FACTIVITY Inc. today announces the release of its latest set of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) product changes re-packaged into a grouping of functionality now known as a “WORKBENCH”. The three new MES WORKBENCH products include: SHOP FLOOR WORKBENCH for better

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What You Might be Missing in Your Shop Floor OEE Metrics

BETTER INFORMATION LEADS TO BETTER SHOP FLOOR CONTROL Knowing the “who, what, why” is more important than just the “where and when” OEE, or Overall Equipment Effectiveness, has become an important measure for many manufacturing facilities as a way to analyze factory productivity.  Without measuring OEE, manufacturers will face at the very least, misunderstandings on

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GANTT Chart Viewing Now Available in Factivity Software

Cleveland, OH (February 5, 2014) — FACTIVITY announces the addition of Gantt chart viewing to the capabilities of its factory floor software. This will enhance production planning for manufacturers as it enables views of all factory floor jobs and expands the capabilities of the Advanced Dispatch List.  The Gantt Chart view is now included in

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Is Bar Coding still a viable technology for the factory floor?

MANUFACTURING DATA COLLECTION IN THE 21ST CENTURY Achieving greater efficiencies with touchscreen systems Many manufacturing companies still labor under the impression that bar coding is the solution to better factory floor operational management.  The use of Bar Code Readers and Bar Code Printers have fallen off as the “go-to” technology for real-time methods of Work-In-Process

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FACTIVITY Software Now Offered in Korean

Cleveland, OH (January 13, 2014) — FACTIVITY announces international translation of its MES (Manufacturing Execution System) paperless shop floor data collection software.  The system, which provides management with metrics to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) as well as workforce management labor time tracking, is now offered in Korean. The new translation services grew out of

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