Superior Die Set Corp. is a showcase for the benefits that paperless manufacturing brings, not only to its own facility but to its suppliers and customers. Celebrating its 90th year in business, we spoke with third-generation president Frank Janiszewski about its 10-plus years as a paperless factory. In paperless manufacturing, traditional paper-based records and travelers give way to electronic records. ERP systems provide information such as bills of materials and process plans to the shop floor, so that operators manage production tasks in preset sequences to ensure schedules adhere to up-to-date customer-priority rankings and due dates. Need to view the latest pro duct-design drawings and related information? All of that and more is readily available at workcell terminals-real time and up to date. You can't create a much more visible, open and error-resistant process than when you go paperless. Nonconformance issues disappear, scrap and rework dwindle and customer complaints become extinct.
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