Custom design of Shop Floor Boards with rotating screens
In Shop Floor Management, the efficient distribution of information is of decisive importance. Especially in medium and large industrial companies, where employees from different areas or departments each require specific information for monitoring and controlling processes, relevant content must be communicated precisely and promptly.
Rotating screens in Visual Shop Floor offer an ideal solution for this. When Shop Floor Boards are not used interactively by employees, a rotating screen is activated after a definable time interval, allowing the screens to be used as a valuable passive source of information, by displaying information in a format similar to a presentation.
With the latest update of Visual Shop Floor, it is now possible to link the content of the rotating screen with a parameter, thereby addressing specific local requirements on the Shop Floor Boards. For example, this allows key figures and information to be tailored specifically to a department.
Rotating screens provide a simple way to continuously present current and relevant information to employees in a time-controlled and highly visible manner on an Info Board, when it is not being used interactively. This way, the Info Board becomes a passive source of information, continuously providing real-time data and information to keep employees informed.
Whether it is production and logistics key figures such as capacity utilization, machine statuses, production progress or inventory levels, or general information in the form of shift schedules, safety guidelines or work instructions – the content is automatically displayed at specified time intervals, ensuring a continuous flow of information.
With the latest update of Visual Shop Floor, the management of rotating screens – and thus the Info Boards – has become significantly simpler. From now on, the content of rotating screens can be centrally defined once and controlled by assigning a parameter. This greatly reduces the effort required to maintain the Info Boards, as displays no longer need to be defined multiple times. A single display is enough to dynamically and precisely present information to, for example, a specific department using parameters – and make it available exactly where the information is needed at that moment.
This allows information to be tailored even more precisely to the employees' needs and the content of the Info Boards can be adjusted faster and easier through parameterized control. This also increases transparency and accuracy in information distribution. It saves time, reduces complexity and improves communication throughout the company.
Setting up rotating screens with parameters is quick and easy. First, the function is activated for the respective Info Board and the desired rotating screen is selected. Then, parameters are defined to determine which content will be shown on each Info Board. For example, a department, production line or picking area can be specified. That’s it! From now on, the Info Board automatically displays content tailored to the parameters, ensuring that all areas receive the precise information they need – without any additional effort.
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Minimal administrative effort through centralized and unified management of rotating screens
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Precise central control of content per Info Board using parameters
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Reduced complexity and easy, streamlined management
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Improved communication and transparency: Optimal support for employees with continuously up-to-date and accurate information
Extension of the Export API to include audits and events
Visual Shop Floor is designed to seamlessly integrate Shop Floor Management into the existing system landscape of the company. Thanks to the Export API, data stored in Visual Shop Floor can be easily exported and used in third-party systems.
With the latest version, the export functionality has been significantly expanded. In addition to the already known exports for models, Smart Layouts and tasks, it is now also possible to export audits and events. This extension allows for more detailed and comprehensive data extraction, enabling valuable insights and better cross-system analysis of your processes.
Modernized user interface for enhanced usability
With the latest update, Visual Shop Floor receives a fresh, modern design that significantly improves the user experience (UX). The new layout not only boasts an attractive appearance but also offers more intuitive and efficient operation. You will benefit from faster, smoother navigation that optimizes your daily workflows, as well as improved information retrieval to further enhance your productivity. The modernization of the user interface is part of our ongoing efforts to make Visual Shop Floor even more user-friendly, intuitive and powerful.
Blog posts as support for using Visual Shop Floor
Visual Shop Floor is designed as a user-friendly no-code/low-code platform, enabling medium-sized and large industrial companies to independently implement company-specific use cases in transparency, collaboration and process optimization.
In addition to the comprehensive user manual integrated directly into Visual Shop Floor, blog posts will now be provided to support you in efficiently managing and customizing the platform to meet your specific business needs.
Alongside detailed descriptions of individual features in the user manual, the blog posts will also offer information on news and updates. This way, you will gain in-depth insights into the structure, functionality, and goals of the latest extensions and stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
Activated audits for selection
When creating a new audit, previously, all audit types were displayed to the user, including those that were not activated. This issue has been resolved with the current update, so from now on only active audit types will be shown.
Missing menu bar upon login with user token
When accessing Visual Shop Floor via user token, there were occasional instances where the menu bar was not displayed. This issue has been fixed in the current version.
Incorrect order in label display
In the model data widget with combined charts, labels were displayed in a random order depending on the configuration. For better clarity, labels will now be shown in ascending alphabetical order.
