COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN A MOULDS FACTORY

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Artur Brasil da Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5569
• topic: 3-tier Application; Production Management; Moulds Industry; Task Management; Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática

A mould factory specialized in textures, located in the city of Marinha Grande in Portugal, controls its job procedures using paper documents that need to be handwritten. This way of working is problematic because very often documents are lost and damaged, miscommunication occurs, and data gets outdated without notice. Also, when an information is needed, a person needs to spend time searching for the documentation, or talking to the persons involved in the job to gather any data. To better control the production line, to properly manage information and to assess production performance, a new software system is proposed. This system aims to monitor all steps of production of a mould, from its reception to its delivery. All the persons involved in the job need to have access to a common information gateway, where it makes possible for information to be united in one single intelligible spot. Some part of paper documentation is still needed, such as the state taxes, transportation notes, etc. Any other paper documentation is expected to be abandoned, since the software will archive every aspect of the business within the company’s database. A software system was proposed using an architecture that combines the 3-tier layered architecture with micro-services. This architecture linked all the computer assets involved in the workflow of the business: its Network Shared Files Directory, its DBMS, its corporate e-mail account. Also, a User Interface is proposed to allow the proper access for three different profile of users: • Technician Workers, that execute the transformation jobs in the moulds; • Production Managers, people responsible for managing the production line and dealing with costumers, quality, and workflow organization; • IT developers, that develop and maintain the software system. The system proposed consisted of a User Interface with the capability of being accessible from any type of device within the company’s intranet network, thus allowing the use of smartphones, tablets and computers to interface with the software. In the company servers, an application was deployed to be responsible for managing the data interchange and also intercommunication between different network assets and to maintain the company business in form of software rules. This application is the one responsible for keeping and maintaining the enterprise logic and workflow. Finally, all the relevant information is stored properly within the company on-premises DBMS for further processing and analysis.