The best possible user guidance for data acquisition tasks (PDA, MDA, MES, SPC)

The user guidance of the Cosmino data entry dialogues significantly simplifies human interaction with PDAs, MDAs, MESs or SPCs.

We have been involved in the collection of production data for over 35 years and we know that the amount of manually collected information manually has increased significantly in recent times, despite the increasing amount of data being transferred automatically.
This is because humans are a relevant factor in most processes and make inputs that cannot be taken over from a machine control or any other system, for example manual inspections or when logistical issues cause a plant shutdown. In general, this applies to any by humans controlled activities, such as order changes or shift changes.
Comprehensible and easy-to-use data entry dialogues are therefore the most important prerequisite for ensuring that manual interactions with the software continue to be meaningful and timesaving in the future.

That’s why, with Cosmino Panteo, we didn’t just focus on attractive design and simple operation. Cosmino Panteo supports your workers and operators with intelligent user guidance via online dialogs on the machines, thus ensuring compliance with and the quality of manual processes.

An entry dialog „thinks along“ and guides through the entry process

In the Cosmino online dialogs, a Task Queue Manager supports the data entry operators and workers based on the customer-specific specifications for each task.
The task queue directly visible in the entry dialog is a sequence of entry tasks with an indication of a time or situation when they are to be carried out. As soon as the due date is reached, the task starts automatically and guides you step by step through the necessary entries. A task shows all the information required for this activity.

How does the task get into the task queue?

Many acquisition tasks are triggered by process-related and external triggers, e.g.:

the diagnosis of a downtime when the machine is no longer producing,
the entry or correction of NOK quantities at every order and shift change,
Inspections above the specified inspection frequency,
Maintenance activities based on the date in the maintenance calendar or an achieved runtime
and other activities where the necessity and due date can be determined based on time or situation in the process.

Other tasks are triggered manually

Each activity can itself be a trigger for other tasks. For example, scheduling an order change can trigger certain acquisitions or inspections, which are then scheduled before or after the order change and are inevitably specified to the person entering the data. Examples include the acquisition of the consumption of raw and auxiliary materials at the end of the old order and reading product-relevant documents or an initial sample inspection at the start of the new order.

Other triggers are also possible in order to initiate a specific activity on the entry dialog. For example, a certain limit value for any process date could lead to required checks, maintenance or necessary escalations. It is not only the teams on the store floor that are involved in the entry dialogs. All relevant recipients can be reached via factory and management views and, of course, messages sent (e-mail, SMS, etc.) – regardless of where in the world they have access to your network.

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How does the task queue prioritize?

A customer-specific setting determines whether a task that is already in progress must be completed first or is paused by a more important task.

For example, a manually triggered user login could take place immediately, as the person who has joined the system would otherwise be prevented from making entries.
A planned order change should instead be placed after the tasks of the old order that are still required. Product checks that are not due usually lose their necessity due to the order change and are deleted from the task queue. However, checks that are already due remain in order before the order change.

Cosmino Panteo entry dialogs ensure reliable and seamless acquisition

The task queue shows the order of the pending tasks including the due date so that the person entering the data do not have to decide on the order themselves.

Acquisition activities that are already required are usually also started automatically based on the sequence.
Whether the persons entering the data are allowed to start, move or even delete certain tasks earlier can be defined for each task type.
The respective entry dialog users can have different authorizations. While the entry users must adhere to the predefined processes and sequences and cannot omit them, a super user or master user can deliberately intervene in the task queue.

Let the Cosmino Panteo data entry dialog be your tool to secure production processes and data entry in the best possible way and according to your specifications and to provide the necessary information on the store floor.