Line Log Book

Improve communication between your teams with an electronic log book

Need better shift hand-overs? Need to improve communication between the production operatives, operations, engineering?

So many factories still use paper line log books, but these are difficult to share and don’t facilitate communications between teams. Use the Line Log Book software module to:

Replace paper line log books
Improve visibility and communication
Ensure all shift events are recorded, such as set up conditions, tool changes, material changes and process adjustments
Provide traceability with shift records being available to all on the plant

Features
Benefits
Related Modules

All information is time-stamped and automatically related to the production run, product being made, process and equipment
Allow operatives to record comments and information at any time
Provide a readily available list of user-defined events to record: shift handovers comments, tool changes, cleaning, issues, etc.

Go paperless – no more paper distribution, collation and filing
Learn lessons – what were the difficult production runs – what were the issues?
Avoid mistakes – get easy access to the log book where all issues are recorded
Improve effectiveness –save operators’ time and make it easy for everyone to access and read the log
Communication – ensure no information is lost between shifts as well as between management and operators
Traceability – quickly trace issues on shifts in the production record
Cost savings – cut costs of filing and handling paper records

Combine the Line Log book module with others in Shopfloor-Online MES to increase the scope of data recorded:

Job Tracking – know what was made and when
Downtime – capture and analyse all downtime events/reasons
Waste – capture scrap and waste issue
Quality – capture the results of quality checks and any issues found
Tool Management – know what tools were used in the process
Labour – know who signed on the line