GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Proficy Tracker v7.5 Software

GE Fanuc has released the Proficy Tracker version 7.5, which it claims, delivers lean production by helping manage inventory, schedule resources in real time and route material through the discrete manufacturing process.

Tracker provides the ability to not only track the real-time location of orders on the production floor, but also be configured to perform routing logic on the movement of the product throughout the manufacturing facility.

Another feature, Proficy Tracker’s Order Execution Management functionality, is targeted at handling the ever-changing real world conditions of the production floor and coordination of suppliers. It provides production order management, bill of material distribution, supplier coordination, sequence and substitution management along with production hold management.

“Manufacturing today is shifting from build-to-stock to build-to-order,” said Erik Udstuen, Software General Manager for GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms. “In many operations, suppliers have to pay a penalty if the end user production sequence is not achieved. If the right components are not available, that order will have to come off the main production line until the parts arrive. This will have a direct impact on all subsequent operations if not handled correctly.”