THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTERS TO SHIP DIE, AS IMPLEMENTED IN THE DIE CAGE LOG AND LABEL SYSTEMS (DCLLS), PROVIDED ON-LINE VERIFICATION CAPABILITY AND ALLOWED DATA TO BE ENTERED ON A SINGLE SCREEN. THIS SINGLE ENTRY PERFORMED ALL THE TASKS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DONE BY THREE SEPARATE TRANSACTIONS ON TWO DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, MANUAL LOGS, AND HAND WRITTEN LABELS AND PACKING INVOICES. THIS RESULTED IN A 76% IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTIVITY, ACCURATE PRODUCT TRACEABILITY, AND ELIMINATED UNNECESSARY PAPERWORK, THUS, REDUCING CYCLE TIME AND THE CHANCES OF IMPROPER SHIPPING. THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM RECEIVED WIDE ACCEPTANCE FROM ITS USERS.
| Number of Pages : | 18 |
| Published : | 06/01/1990 |
