Make manual work as controlled as the rest of your factory.
ERP decides what to build and MES decides when. Manual assembly, the part that decides how, is often still run on paper and experience. Arkite closes that gap with one platform for every manual workstation.
What plant directors and executives tell us.
Our ERP and MES are digital. Manual assembly still runs on paper and experience.
Digital gap
When experienced people leave, their knowledge leaves with them.
Knowledge retention
Quality differs between lines, shifts and plants.
Standardization
I cannot compare the performance of manual lines across sites.
Management information
Four management challenges, and what changes with Arkite.
01Manual work becomes a measurable process.
- Today
- Manual work is the least digital part of the factory, and the place where most errors start.
- With Arkite
- Arkite guides and checks every manual step and records the result. It works stand-alone or with the ERP and MES you already run.
02Know-how stays in the plant when people leave.
- Today
- Knowledge sits with experienced operators, and they are hard to replace.
- With Arkite
- Every procedure is defined once and guided at the workstation. New and temporary staff work to the same standard as your best people.
03The same way of working on every line and in every plant.
- Today
- Each line, shift and plant works in its own way, and quality varies with it.
- With Arkite
- The same approved jobs run on every connected workstation. You add checks and inspection where the risk of errors is highest.
04Decisions based on data, not estimates.
- Today
- Decisions about manual lines are based on estimates.
- With Arkite
- Cycle times, errors and output are recorded per unit and can be exported to Power BI or other BI tools, so lines and sites can be compared on facts.
The business indicators Arkite affects.
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Cost of poor quality
Fewer errors, less scrap, rework and complaints.
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Dependence on key people
Know-how secured in the process.
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Onboarding time
New staff productive earlier.
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Standardization across plants
One validated way of working everywhere.
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Workforce flexibility
People move between lines and products.
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Decision data
Comparable figures from every manual station.
The size of each effect depends on your process. It is measured on your own pilot workstation and built into your business case.
From pilot to multi-plant standard.
- 01
Pilot workstation
Validate the business case in your own environment.
- 02
Production line
Extend the validated process along the line.
- 03
Multi-line rollout
New workstations connect to the same server. Projects are not rebuilt.
- 04
Entire plant
Assembly, kitting and packaging on one platform.
- 05
Multi-plant standardization
Export validated projects to other sites and maintain them centrally.
Build the business case on your own production data.
The business case for Arkite is built on your own production data. A pilot workstation is the most reliable way to validate these assumptions in your own environment before a wider rollout.
- Current error, scrap and rework rates, and the cost per defect
- Labor cost and cycle times
- Number of new operators trained per year and time to full competency
- Number of product variants and frequency of changes
- Cost of quality escapes and customer complaints
Questions from management
What return can we expect?
It depends on your error rates, labor cost, variant mix and turnover. We build the business case with your data and validate it with a pilot workstation before a wider rollout.
Does Arkite replace our MES?
No. Arkite integrates with MES and ERP and adds the operator execution layer they do not cover.
Can we standardize across plants?
Yes. The central server architecture lets you deploy and maintain the same work instructions, validation logic and quality standards across lines and sites.
Define a pilot with measurable objectives.
We align on business objectives, KPIs and scope, then validate them on a pilot workstation in your plant.
- A specialist replies to you personally
- We look at your process, products and systems
- Together we define a first pilot workstation