Harmoni brings RFID-powered integrated labor tracking right to the machine for job costing and employee productivity tracking.
A lot of wasted effort comes from operators walking back and forth to shared time-tracking terminals on the plant floor or filling out paper time sheets. Harmoni (patent pending) eliminates all of this wasted labor management time by bringing automated employee time tracking right to the machine, all powered by RFID. In addition to getting accurate labor tracking, Harmoni also helps to pair those labor hours with machine data for greater accuracy than any labor tracking software or labor management system on the market. Additionally, the software ensures efficient time management by streamlining processes like scheduling and payroll, minimizing manual data entry errors, and ultimately maximizing the value of time and critical labor resources.
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How Does Harmoni Automate Machine Time Tracking and Provide Real-time Employee Performance Metrics?
Employee Detection
The Harmoni terminal includes a powerful RFID antenna that reads RFID stickers up to 15 feet away. So when employees and machine operators approach the terminal with an RFID employee badge, they will automatically be listed on the People screen. Operators can also be added manually or via barcode scans.
Managers can use this employee detection feature to monitor attendance, set performance standards, approve timesheets, create schedules, and track employee productivity.
Clocking In
Clocking in is simply a matter of the employee tapping on their name and pressing the ‘Clock In’ button. If your ERP system or labor management software supports labor records, we will record this transaction into your ERP in real-time. A live camera feed presented during this process ensures no “buddy punches” are occurring.
The clocking-in process can seamlessly integrate with payroll systems, streamlining employee hours + payroll processes alongside time and attendance tracking, thus enhancing HR productivity and enabling better decision-making for labor allocation and cost management.
Starting A Job
To begin work on a job, click on the ‘Add Activity’ tab. Here you will see all jobs we have auto-detected via the RFID stickers on their paperwork. If you don’t see your job here, you can key it in manually or scan via barcode. Simply tap ‘Setup’ or ‘Run’ for the job you wish to begin and start tracking labor and track time.
Machine Data + Labor Data
We are always recording the state changes of the machine. Every segment of time (running, stopped, interrupted, emergency stop) is recorded into our tables with a start and stop time.
We seamlessly pair this data with the collected labor information to provide powerful analytics and insight into your labor costs and workforce utilization. Management tools allow you to slice and dice these machine state segments by part/rev, shift, employee, machine, etc — whatever the key business drivers are for you.
Ending / Reporting Quantities
When an operator has finished a given job, they return to the People tab and tap the card of the job they are working on. From here, a sidebar will allow them to enter finished quantities, scrap (and the scrap reason), notes, and whether the operation has been completed. Workers can efficiently report quantities and other job details, ensuring accurate time and labor management.
As with everything else, if your ERP system supports labor records, we will be writing these in real-time.
Clocking Out
When an operator is done for the day, they simply tap the ‘Clock Out’ button to end their day.
Our software eclipses all other time-tracking apps for the factory floor by helping to manage the overall workforce — providing real-time tracking of workforce productivity, scheduling, and labor costs, ensuring managers can optimize employee performance and meet operational goals.
Truly Accurate Job Costing
Get the full story on job costing when you automatically gather and combine machine cycle time with operator labor records.
Automate Manual Steps
Automate non-productive tasks and manual steps like labor tracking, program loading, work instructions, check sheets, and support requests.
Prevent Scrap & Mistakes
Our RFID technology always matches the correct job to the right machine, operations, offsets, and work instructions, eliminating human error at the machine.
Next Gen Shop Communications
Eliminate wasted time and increase efficiencies by allowing operators, support, and management to communicate directly from their desktops to factory machines.
Real-Time Information
Harmoni brings together data from operators, machines, and your shop floor software, all in real-time, to help managers make decisions and spot trends quickly.
Increase Production & Efficiency
Harmoni keeps machines and operators working, at peak levels, eliminating wasted time, reducing manual steps, eliminating scrap, and making communications a breeze.
Shop Floor Dashboards
Harmoni goes way beyond machine monitoring. Truly understand if your operators and machines are operating at acceptable levels, in real-time, right from your desk.
All Your Data Working Together
Harmoni brings machines, operators, shop floor software, and quality systems together – imagine everything working in Harmoni!
Real-Time Machine Monitoring
Accurately monitor your machines and equipment in real-time from anywhere.
Interactive Work Instructions
Automatically pull up the correct work instructions, drawings, and setup sheets that are associated with your job’s RFID tags.
Manufacturing Dashboards
Harmoni’s real-time dashboards bring machine, ERP, and operator data together in one unified view—so every decision is based on the full picture, not partial reports.
Automated Program Loading
Improve setup times and eliminate costly mistakes by loading programs, settings, and offsets by RFID.
Digital Quality Checksheets
Operators can track measurements digitally and observe trends in order to monitor quality trends in real time.
Multifactor Machine Authentication
Multifactor authentication for machine security empowers factories to enforce unparalleled access control and robust data security right at the machine.
Next Gen Shop Communications
Initiate calls to or from devices to provide engineering, maintenance, and management support without ever leaving the work center.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
Harmoni works hand-in-hand with your ERP system to provide powerful insights into your manufacturing productivity, production lines, and overall equipment effectiveness.
Visual Factory
A vivid, high-intensity indicator light that communicates real-time overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) conditions to operators and managers, helping to promote productivity efficiency and lean manufacturing initiatives.
