Getting Started journey · step 16 of 16
Factory Productivity and Scheduling2 min read
Going Live
There are several ways to go live with Empower Factory Productivity and Scheduling
- Input all Jobs for new and existing work and choose a particular date to start, or
- Initially get Employees to Clock In and Out and then, at a later stage, either
- Get the whole factory using Empower after a particular date, or
- Get selected Employees using Empower Time Track and gradually roll it out across the factory, or
- Get all Employees to work on all new work after a particular date.
You should give thought to the work currently in progress in your factory and when you should start to use Empower. In addition consider
- When it is appropriate to start entering new Jobs
- What to do with work in progress
- When the appropriate time is to have Employees start logging onto Tasks
- The approximate average Job lead time
- The average time to manufacture an average products
- The average weekly volume of Customer Jobs.
The following plan may help clarify the steps to be taken
| Task | Target Completion Date | Completed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finish entering all Employees - see Setting Up Employees | ||
| 2 | Train Employees in using Clock in and Clock out pages - see Factory Login and Log out | ||
| 3 | All Employees using Clock in and Clock out pages | ||
| 4 | Confirm how to go live with Empower – either - All Employees from a particular date, or - Some employees with a gradual roll out, or - All new Jobs from a particular date. | ||
| 5 | Begin Setting Up Products and Setting Up Processes | ||
| 6 | Begin entering Jobs and Assigning Tasks to Employees | ||
| 7 | Empower live – all Employees using the system | ||
| 8 | Daily monitoring of - View Clocked In Employees and Who’s working on what and - Times over 14 hours. | ||
| 9 | Weekly reporting of Productivity reports | ||
| 10 | Unaccounted time less than 2 hours per Employee per week |