MIS to Workflow Integration: Getting Production to Flow

"I'm a huge Auto-Count supporter," Pilcher confesses. "We tried to push as much of the automation through that process as possible, even with the older presses (two of which have since been replaced). We had the system auto de-accelerate and shut down the presses once it made count.

"No manual counting is great and I'm a firm believer that math works. Before we put in the Auto-Counts, I'd say we were going back on-press one job every two to three weeks for a shorted job form. Ever since, it might be only once every six months that we go back to press due to an unknown shortage."