Satelite Plus Ž Realtime Overview

	Satelite Plus is the most powerful shop floor control system in the apparel industry. The picture to the left illustrates use of the Satelite Plus realtime terminals at each operator work station on the sewing floor. With Satelite Plus You Get... A user base of 280+ plants with over 55,000 realtime terminals Support 24 hours/day, 7 days/week Integrated manufacturing strategies: Individual incentive - progressive bundles Modular - bundles Modular - unit hand-off Unit production systems (UPS) Operator Productivity improvement (5-20%) Automatic operator pacing/motivational feedback Reduced job content for bundle ticket processing Instant access to earnings and performance information Less wasted time and less off-standard time Shorten job training times Multi-lingual terminal text Supervisor productivity (30-60 minutes/day) Work-in-process control and tracking Line balancing Quality control Source-to-gross incentive payroll Net payroll option for U.S. plants In Addition, Satelite Plus is... A Management Tool You Can Use Efficient Engineering Analysis and Support More Efficient Administration Help for Merchandising and Customer Service Improved Quality Control with its SQC Options Support for Interfaces Top of Page
	Satelite Plus is a Management Tool You Can Use Provides immediate awareness of what people are doing Absentee lists On-line productivity Provides line balancing information Quantity of work done so far (production counts on demand) Projection of work done by job at end of day vs. scheduled work Recommended transfer actions to solve imbalances Simple to understand graphical screens Provides work-in-process control By job, style, cut and bundle Who did each job Actual costs (by cut, style, order) including excesses Integrated cut scheduling to evaluate job loading and cut progress Tracks clock minutes of inventory behind each job Tracks multiple cuts (e.g. orders) and much more... Top of Page
	Satelite Plus is Efficient Engineering Analysis and Support Measures actual performance on each piecerate Detailed operator logs eliminate most 8-hour follow-up studies Assists in quality improvement Identifies who actually worked on each bundle Highlights other bundles done by this operator on the job in question Top of Page
	Satelite Plus is More Efficient Administration Payroll clerical tasks are virtually eliminated Lower "unearned" payments for: Held coupons Duplicate payments Bundle splitting at the end of the day On-standard payments for work done off-standard No more gummed sheets Eliminates time clocks for pieceworkers Electronic time clocks for hourly people using bar-coded employee cards Tracking of historical absence reporting Top of Page
	Satelite Plus is Help for Merchandising and Customer Service Actual direct labor costs (by cut and style) SKU locator Realtime cut status inquiries Realtime order tracking Top of Page
	Satelite Plus is Improved Statistical Quality Control with its SQC Options Fully integrated with Satelite Plus Data entry using realtime terminals and/or CRTs Multiple levels of quality auditing functions supported Measurement tolerance audit function Extensive reporting capabilities available by: Operator Job Cut Style Inspector Top of Page
	Satelite Plus Supports Interfaces Daily interfaces for production tracking and gross payroll Central Cutting system interface Receipt of engineering information at operation or style levels Receipt of cut order and bundle information Transfer of work-in-process and costs Weekly gross payroll interface Generic interface to a remote net payroll system (e.g. non-U.S.) Specific interface to ADP payroll service UPS interface to share information with a unit production system Top of Page