EASEWorks – Work Instruction

Several terms are used in industry to describe the information developed by Manufacturing Engineers to support the factory floor. These terms include Process Documentation, Computer Aided Process Planning, Work Instructions etc. and typically encompass any information that shop floor supervision and operators might need to complete their task. This information can include Routers, Text, Reference Documents, Quality Standards, Digital Images, CAD, Video, Work Standards, Ergonomic Assessment and Analysis, Tooling and Job Aids Required, Material and Parts Lists.

The Work Instruction Module is designed to provide Manufacturing and Planning Engineers with the ability to create manufacturing and assembly plans for any product or process.

With the many capabilities of the system, including the use of multimedia, graphics, digital images and text, engineers can define, create, save and deliver detailed work instructions to any authorised user either as a hard copy document or electronically, using the web-enabled viewing capability of the system.

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Work Standards

For many engineers developing labor or work standards is a process undertaken using a stopwatch. This approach can be very time consuming.  With EASEworks^® and a standard data approach it is now both much faster and easier to develop the required standards.  Additionally, work standards created using EASEworks^® are more consistent, more accurate and easier to maintain than those created by any other method.

How does EASEworks work?

EASEworks^® comes supplied with a library of Universal Standard Data that requires no prior knowledge of predetermined systems or coding structures to apply. 

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Line Balancing

In order to maximise throughput and minimise costs; effective line balancing is essential where the work progresses down an assembly or build line. EASEworks^® uses the work standards from the Work Standards Module to create an initial line balance.  EASEworks^® graphically displays the time the part/ product spends at each workstation and provides the capability to dynamically rebalance the line to achieve the smoothest, most efficient result.  Using the Line Balancing Module you can review and make changes to the balance to achieve the required throughput.  Elements can be moved between workstations; the number of operators at each workstation can be altered; a workstation can be added or deleted.  At stations with more than one operator distribution of the work within the station can be analysed to improve the station balance.  Line Balancing uses the data from one or many plans.  Multiple parts can be balanced on the same line.  The Line Balancing Module retrieves all operations and their associated elements and displays a histogram showing the amount of time each part spends at each workstation – the list goes on…

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Product Cost Estimating

Good cost estimating is the foundation for competitive product pricing. EASEworks^® takes the guesswork and inconsistency out of the estimating process by making the essential data and information available to your estimators from a single integrated source.  EASEworks^® is a Knowledge Center of your manufacturing processes and practices and it can hold in its own database, or import from your database B.O.M.s, tooling costs, material costs, labour, overheads, scrap and rework costs. It is an ideal resource for product cost estimating.

EASEworks presents your estimators with essential data and information from a single integrated source. By using this detailed information the guesswork and inconsistency is taken out of the estimating process.  With EASEworks^® you can take the fullest advantage, optimising the reusable knowledge to create product cost estimating quickly, accurately and consistently; with the ability to quickly create estimates for products not yet in production – visit: www.easeinc.com

Manufacturing Data Management

The EASEworks^® Manufacturing Data Management Module (MDM) is designed to provide control to the process of creating, maintaining and delivering critical information to anyone within the company needing to use or view that information.

The MDM creates a single point of entry and control for your process information, whether it is in multiple computer systems, different departments within a single facility, or facilities around the world.

Creating, controlling and indexing manufacturing/ process planning involves a wide range of documentation including: Work Instructions, CAD and Graphics, Job Aids, Control Plans, Parts List, Fixtures, Line Balancing, Work Standards and Methods, Layout, Ergonomic Assessment, Audits, Tool Management…

Once created, the information must be easy to deliver and instantly accessible to the user… with the EASE MDM - the information is all at one location anywhere you want to see it.

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