Overview:
The system is comprised of wireless data collection terminals connected via Access Points to Ethernet, back to a server; resident on the server is the application GetDATA and the database, as well as PutDATA. The active server pages and web server IIS is resident on the server. Administrative personnel have client software loaded on their desktops. Payroll will use LaborVIEW and operations will use JobVIEW (these users are likened to super user status). Supervisors can access data via eLaborVIEW using Internet Explorer 5.0 or better.

The ADS terminals will be strategically located throughout the shop floor. At manufacturing operation points the employee can START or STOP a shop order.

Employees clock in to start their work day, and clock out to end their day. They use the lunch start / stop keys and break start / stop keys to identify unpaid stops in work and paid breaks in work respectively. Employees use operation / setup / rework / teardown start and stop keys to identify work performed against the shop orders, and the task key to identify indirect (non shop order) labor time.