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Setup Manager
Setup Manager monitors and controls a corrugator production schedule
and downloads setup information to the dry end components. The System eliminates the need to key in
setup information at each machine, preventing data entry errors and simplifying the dry end workload.
Setup Manager is a graphics-based computer software application
designed to manage a corrugator dry end production schedule. The schedule, which consists of a listing
of individual dry end order and machine setup data, can be obtained automatically from a
computerized trimming and/or scheduling system or entered by hand. Based on the production
requirements, the Setup Manager transfers the information needed for each setup to the Alliance
corrugator control computer which in turn downloads the data to the various machine components.
Setup Manager has been designed to operate on a computer network. Once the
dry end production schedule is downloaded from the trimming system, setup information is
automatically distributed to all stations on the plant network. If information is modified by
one computer, the change is distributed to all computers connected to the network within a fraction
of a second. Using the Setup Manager, operators can manipulate order information that has already
been sent to the corrugator from a computerized trimming application and can examine pending orders
that have not yet been sent. Operators can delete, move, copy, insert, and/or re-run setups with ease.
The functionality and appearance of the Setup Manager is configurable at the local level and
multiple applications can be running concurrently at various locations throughout the plant.
KEY BENEFITS:
- Distributes real-time information throughout the network, eliminating the need to "synchronize."
- Provides reliable single point order entry/modification to the corrugator equipment and
reliable interface with a computerized scheduling system, eliminating redundant entry.
- Links can be customized to interface with other corporate systems and machines. Numerous
interface protocols are supported.
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