Manufacturing Software For handhelds, a big issue was security, but that has
been largely solved, he says, and JobBOSS’ data collection functionality has been rewritten to operate as a Web service. Leichleitner agrees customers now are looking for manu- facturing data collection to help support their lean efforts. “That’s one of the things that data collection does. It can help answer questions like where is my throughput? Do I have actionable information on things like isolating bottle- necks, which I think is imperative.” Startup companies operating with less resources, and
companies that have been affected adversely by the down- turn in particular need fast, accurate data on their manufac- turing systems, he adds. With Exact’s new JobBOSS Starter Edition, the company increasingly is finding more custom- ers at the start-up end of the spectrum. “They expect that they’re not doing anything with pen and paper,” he adds. “For sure, we see a lot of our shops going paperless within even six months.” ME
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