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PRIMS provides a Lot Tracking Solution with a Return on Investment. The Batch and Lot Tracking Module in PRIMS not only records the batch and ingredient lot numbers but also the process variables, piece weights and other items you wish to record that may effect the batch.
Thereby, PRIMS becomes a quality control system to monitor and improve your production process.
It operates as if you assigned invisible quality control people to follow each batch down the production line with a clipboard. As they follow each batch they record machine settings such as; temperatures, humidity and speeds; icing temperatures, and also piece weights or whatever you have instructed them to record. You can also alert the personnel that the process variables are out of recipe tolerance, because PRIMS has sent down the recipe's process variable settings to the machine's PLCs. When these invisible QC people follow the batch to the packaging equipment they can set the labeling machine to mark the packages with the batch number. The PRIMS system even takes into account that adjacent batches have a percentage of overlap and communicates this to the labeling machines accordingly. You now will be able to track an individual package back to its source batch in seconds, and you will see an improvement in production processes resulting in less cripples and higher quality.
“Like having invisible quality control people follow each batch down the production line.”
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After creating a Work Plan, the Scheduling Module gives you the ability to enter in a Start Time and see the projected finish time for the Work Plan. You may also enter the desired End Time and the required Start Time will be calculated. When the production schedule is started PRIMS continues to recalculate the End Time based on the actual finish time of each batch.
With the PRIMS Scheduling Module you will always be aware of whether you are going to meet your production goals and to give you the early warning so you take action.
The Scheduling Module also gives you an efficiency notification and an efficiency report that will allow you to see how efficient operators are on a particular production line for each shift, day, or group of days.
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With the PRIMS Shipping Module you will be able to generate ship tickets that move products from an internal inventory to a shipping ledger that will keep track of which lots were shipped to which customer. When each batch is created an inventory object will be created with the batch ID and the number of product units created. For example one batch might produce 200 bags that you may wish to sell together or separately. PRIMS can log all this information in one place an easily be printed or exported to other software applications. Shipping can be performed on an additional networked computer where the employee only has access to relevant shipping information or it can also be performed from the main PRIMS computer.
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 The Receiving - Inventory Module will keep track of your ingredient inventory. A PRIMS computer terminal, which would be located at the receiving dock, will log the incoming ingredients. When ingredients are used in each Batch in the Work Plan the actual scaled amount is deducted from the ingredient inventory. Your inventory accounting will be more accurate because the deductions are not based on projected usages but actual scaled amounts.
When used in conjunction with the PRIMS Material Requirements Module you will be alerted if you do not have enough ingredient inventory to complete your scheduled production. The Inventory database can also be imported right into your Accounting Software. The PRIMS databases are ODBC compliant so there’s a always connectivity to your existing system.
You can perform a manual reconciliation with the Hand Held Scanner, which also allows manual entry, and updates your inventory by downloading your data right into the PRIMS System.
This information will be compiled into an Inventory Reconciliation Report. With this information you will be able to identify inventory discrepancies and losses.
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This module allows you to automatically print Inventory labels each time a lot is received or  print labels for existing lots. These Inventory Labels include: your company name, ingredient name, internal lotnumber, amount received, date, and an allergen notice.
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Includes Downtime Logging & Batches Per Hour Analysis
Record batch times and downtime events into PRIMS and have an accurate reporting tool to see at a glance the efficiency of your daily production. Identify problematic equipment and personnel slow downs with ease. Don't burden your supervisors with the arduous task of recording batch times manually; PRIMS will do this for you and present it in a meaningful and concise manner. This module is a must have add-on to extend the power of your system.
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This module allows you to Save and Load predefined work plans at any time, or to store repetitive work plans for days of the week or shifts. Also, the Work Plan Template Module allows you to take an existing work plan and divide it up among any number of Mixing or Scaling stations. You can also load work plans created in other software systems.
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This module creates Production template files that give the supervisor a projected view of the upcoming week and allows them to create a work plan template for any day of the week. It includes the "Scheduled Production Requirements Report." This is a very powerful tool for planning your entire plants production. It requires the Work Plan Template Module to operate.
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After creating a Work Plan or several Work Plans, the Materials Requirement Module will calculate the inventory required to complete the plan or plans. A Materials Requirement Report can be printed or if used in conjunction with the raw Materials Inventory Module, you will be alerted if you do not have enough ingredient inventory to complete your scheduled production.
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