Task Linking for Engineering

 

If you’re operating an engineering or manufacturing shop, you may already be using Standard Time® for task management and tracking.

But did you know Standard Time also has task dependencies?

A task dependency is when one task must be completed before another starts. The two are linked. So it’s sometimes called “Task Linking”.

Very handy for project planning.

Consider using task linking in Standard Time to manage your next project!

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Employee Project Status

 

Look out over your manufacturing shop floor. What do you see?

It’s a beehive of employee activity.

But what are they all doing?

• What jobs are they working on right now?
• Which tasks?
• And for what customers?

That’s easy to see with the Standard Time® “Employee Status” screen. Just look up on the “big screen” and see:

• Names
• Projects
• Hours
• And recent activity

Now you’re twice as efficient!

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Work In Progress Shop Status

 

What is the first thing you look for when catching a flight at the airport?

The “Departures” screen, right?

Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like that for your manufacturing floor? For job status…

You could see:

• Where jobs are now
• Who’s working on them
• And when they’ll end

Plus, you’d see:

• Your favorite KPI’s
• And work order status

That’s all in the Work In Progress screen in Standard Time®

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Project Management for Manufacturing and Engineering

 

Everyone knows, manufacturing shops need project management.

It’s not just about milling and molding. That’s only the manufacturing part.

What about the projects behind those jobs? The engineering… The planning…

Got a solution for that?

We’ve got the perfect tool for your project management. It’s called Standard Time®.

What can you do with it?

• Create task lists
• Schedule jobs
• Scan jobs with barcodes
• Compare estimates with actuals

Exactly what you need?

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Timesheet Hours in Excel

 

Everyone says timesheets and spreadsheets don’t mix. Nobody tracks time in a spreadsheet anymore. And spreadsheets and timesheets just don’t work together.

But guess what?

They do now!

Introducing XLST, the new tool for Standard Time® timesheets!

Now you can pull timesheet data into Microsoft® Excel®, and view it any way you like.

• Any format
• Any style
• Any way that works for you

Try XLST with your favorite timesheet: Standard Time.

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Billing Clients for Work Orders

 

Manufacturing managers:

How do you track client-billable time for work orders? You know… for invoicing?

• Do you use a time tracking system?
• Or are operators on the shop floor still writing down their hours?
• Or… are you just guessing… and hoping for the best?

Why not scan work orders with a barcode scanner, and automatically generate client invoices?

All you need is a barcode scanner

And Standard Time

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Track Time and Inventory

 

Hello manufacturing managers!

You already know that Standard Time® tracks time. Put a barcode scanner on the shop floor, and you instantly have manufacturing metrics.

But did you also know that the same scanner can be used for inventory and bill of materials?

Just scan materials, and they are deducted from inventory. Plus, they can be automatically reordered when low.

So… grab a barcode scanner and track both time and materials.

With Standard Time!

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Whiteboard: Declutter Your Timesheet With Favorites

Sometimes timesheets can get cluttered. There are too many projects. Some don’t even apply to you. Some have similar names, but still don’t apply to you. What if you entered hours into one of those similarly named projects by mistake.  It happens.

Show Only the Projects You’re Working on Now

Try Timesheet Favorites.

Pick only the projects you’re working on now. Your timesheet becomes 1,000% shorter. You aren’t confused or misdirected to projects you’re not working on.  You’re in and out in no time.

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Automate your Manufacturing Shop

 

Manufacturing managers!

You know you need to automate your shop.

• But you’re not sure how long processes take
• You’re not sure which processes to trim
• And you’re not sure where to start

Why not start with a barcode scanner? And Standard Time®?

You’ll learn:

• What consumes the most time
• What costs you the most
• And where bottlenecks occur

Then you can trim… and test again. All with just a barcode scanner and Standard Time.

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Interview: Project Rollups

The Project Tasks view shows projects on wide rows with bold text.  Under those projects are subprojects and tasks.  The values in those tasks are rolled up to the sub-project and project rows as totals.  The term “rollup” is just another way of saying totals.

Project Task Dashboard

Here are some task fields that are totaled up at the subproject and project levels:

1. Duration, Actual work, Remaining work
2. Start date, due date, and finish date
3. Client and salary costs
4. Quoted costs
5. Material costs

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