The information about Smart F was published in the November 2024 issue of the Monthly Food Machinery Equipment.

Low-cost x small start cloud-based facility management system.

"Smart F" is a cloud-based facility management system that allows for a small start with low cost and low risk. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, losses, and man-hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Effects of introducing Smart F (example) - Reduces inventory work that takes one month to just one week. ◆ Main features (partial) - Equipment ledger management - Equipment operation monitoring/operation aggregation - Inspection management/maintenance planning management - Abnormality recording/manualization of procedures - Inventory management of maintenance parts - Preventive/predictive maintenance - Notification function to prevent parts shortages ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Want to minimize equipment troubles and downtime - Find handwritten or Excel input for equipment maintenance cumbersome - Unable to accumulate information and knowledge on equipment maintenance

• Production Management System
• Process Control System
• Cost Management System

Quality management cloud system starting with low cost and small scale.

"Smart F" is a quality management cloud system that allows for a small start with low cost and low risk. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, loss, and man-hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Main Features (partial) - Raw material acceptance inspection / In-process inspection / Product inspection registration - Inspection settings for each product number - Lot management / Expiration management / Inspection checks - Issuance of inspection reports - Lot traceability / Reverse lot traceability - Tamper prevention - Integration with production management / inventory management / order management - Integration with external systems ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Double-checking through visual confirmation leads to effort and mistakes - Unable to manage lot management / serial management or expiration management / inspection management - Want to manage traceability and quality assurance systems through a system

• Production Management System
• Process Control System
• Cost Management System

Low-cost x small start cloud-based cost management system.

"Smart F" is a production management cloud system that allows for a small start with low cost and low risk. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, losses, and labor hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Effects of implementing Smart F (example) - Reduced inventory costs by 1 million yen annually - Reduced inventory counting labor hours by 560 hours annually - Eliminated annual waste losses of several million yen - Eliminated handwritten management and Excel input tasks - Eliminated 1,000 site verification tasks each month ◆ List of modules Inventory management, material management, process management/labor hour aggregation, production planning, order management, cost management, warehouse management/WMS, quality management (inspection management/defect aggregation/lot trace) ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Want to eliminate handwritten and Excel management - Cannot eliminate the discrepancy between theoretical and actual inventory - Difficulties in production planning and deadline adjustments due to lack of process progress visibility - Unable to manage order and inventory of purchased parts - Want to visualize costs for each project <Smart F in 3 minutes> https://youtu.be/kE2jZegz1js

• Production Management System
• Process Control System
• Cost Management System

Low-cost x small start inventory management cloud system.

"Smart F" is a cloud-based inventory management system that allows for a small start with low costs and low risks. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, losses, and labor hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Effects of implementing Smart F (example) - Reduced inventory costs by 1 million yen annually - Reduced inventory counting labor hours to one-tenth - Eliminated annual waste losses of several million yen - Eliminated handwritten management and Excel input tasks ◆ Main features (partial) Effective inventory (future inventory), reorder point management, outsourced inventory management, supplied parts management, lot management, area management, expiration date management, site inventory, ordering function integration, production management integration, quality management integration, cost management integration ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Handwritten and Excel management is cumbersome and prone to errors - Unable to know accurate inventory in real-time - Occurrence of stockouts or excess inventory - Desire for detailed inventory management such as lot management <Understand Smart F in 3 minutes> https://youtu.be/kE2jZegz1js

• Production Management System
• Process Control System
• Cost Management System

Low-cost x small start production management cloud system.

"Smart F" is a production management cloud system that allows for a small start with low cost and low risk. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, losses, and man-hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Effects of introducing Smart F (example) - Reduced inventory costs by 1 million yen annually - Reduced inventory counting man-hours by 560 hours annually - Eliminated annual waste losses of several million yen - Eliminated handwritten management and Excel input tasks - Eliminated 1,000 site verification tasks each month ◆ List of modules Inventory management, material management, process management/man-hour aggregation, production planning, order management, cost management, warehouse management/WMS, quality management (inspection management/defect aggregation/lot traceability) ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Want to eliminate handwritten and Excel management - Cannot eliminate the discrepancy between theoretical and actual inventory - Difficult to adjust production plans and delivery dates due to lack of process progress visibility - Unable to manage ordering and inventory of purchased parts - Want to visualize costs for each project <Understand Smart F in 3 minutes> https://youtu.be/kE2jZegz1js

• Production Management System
• Process Control System
• Cost Management System

Low-cost x small start cloud-based project management system.

"Smart F" is a process management cloud system that allows for a small start with low cost and low risk. By visualizing all aspects of the manufacturing site, it reduces waste, losses, and man-hours, achieving a compression of management costs. ◆ Effects of introducing Smart F (example) - Eliminating the aggregation of paper work reports, resulting in a reduction of 1,200 man-hours annually - Real-time progress management leading to a reduction of 100 man-hours annually - Achieving precise cost management through automatic man-hour aggregation ◆ Main features (partial) - Process progress/delivery management - Production planning optimization - Automatic aggregation of man-hours and defects - Integration of production management and cost management - Visualization of workload - Integration with external systems ◆ For customers facing these challenges - Delays in delivery or taking too long to respond to delivery inquiries - Uncertainty about process progress, requiring constant checks - The hassle of handwritten or Excel management

• Production Management System
• Production Scheduler
• Process Control System

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