Reveille Technology, Inc.

The Paperless Factory® System and ISO 9000

The Paperless Factory® System supports compliance with many of the items of the ISO 9000 international series of standards for quality assurance. Examples of functions which directly support compliance with ISO 9000 standards are: (electronically) documented routings; assurance that all process operations are performed and that exceptions are documented; maintenance of a complete process history, with noted exceptions to the planned build included; documented test and inspection results; assurance that all repair operations are performed before failed parts are processed at a subsequent operation; assurance that each operation in a process is performed only by those individuals who are qualified to perform the function.

Summary of Key Benefits

The following benefits of the Reveille Paperless Factory® System contribute to more competitive manufacturing.

The system increases control of factory resources and processes to decrease cost and lead time and to increase quality and flexibility.
The system bridges the gap between MRP II systems, engineering systems, general business systems, and the automated devices in the factory.
The system protects investments in and improves the operation of existing systems (MRP II, for example) through the flexibility of integration with or interface to these systems with timely feedback of factory resource and processing status and trends.
The system models and supports control of any kind of manufacturing process through the flexibility of the knowledge base of resources and rules.
The system supports customer order, work order and "orderless" environments
The system supports multiple types of processes and any mix of products and production volumes in a single facility.
The system supports advanced manufacturing concepts and technologies of CIM, just-in-time, automated scanning, computer controlled process, and storage and material handling equipment.
The system minimizes the amount of data which must be entered or processed by workers and increases the accuracy, consistency and completeness of information through automation and integration of the information flow with the resource control and process flows.
The system optimizes the use of all resources (people, material, tools, equipment, information) through on-line direction, monitoring and adaptive feedback control of the resources and processes.
The system increases quality by improving production yields and reduces rework and scrap.
The system provides complete hierarchical traceability to the lowest level of granularity of product and process.
The system reduces inventories of component material, parts and tools significantly from receiving through shipping.
The system reduces paperwork while providing more relevant information.
The system reduces indirect labor through increased location and status visibility of work units, resources and processes, through decreased data entry and paperwork, and through the elimination of the need for staging, kitting, and order splitting.
The system decreases lead time through the reduction in inventories, the decrease in queue lengths, and increased status visibility.
The system improves planning and scheduling through increased visibility and flexibility (response to change in product or process).