Production Process Management

OVERVIEW

A mid-size manufacturer running multiple production lines needed structured production order management to replace a manual system that provided insufficient visibility into material flow, active order status and production exceptions.

Production managers relied on shift reports, verbal updates and end-of-day summaries to understand what was happening on the production floor. Material consumption was tracked on paper, making it difficult to identify waste or reconcile inventory accurately. When production exceptions occurred — holds, quality failures or process deviations — there was no structured mechanism to log, track and resolve them.

"Production orders tracked manually with limited ability to monitor material flow, identify exceptions or report accurately on output."

"SpaceSoft PPM deployed to structure production workflows, track materials and provide management visibility across the production environment."

SpaceSoft PPM was configured to reflect the manufacturer's production line structures, material types and process stages. Production orders were created digitally, with material issues recorded against each order. Operators were given access to dashboards showing their assigned work and current order status. An exception logging workflow was implemented to capture and track holds and non-conformances through to resolution.

Production managers gained a live view of all active orders, material positions and open exceptions without waiting for shift reports. Material reconciliation became a structured process rather than a manual reconciliation exercise. Management reporting on output, yield and exceptions was produced automatically from system data.

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