SuiteFactory (CD Release 2.0-8/07/2008)
SuiteFactory is an International Enterprise Wide secure login based Manufacturing System for the electronic communication, management, distribution and deployment of engineering, manufacturing, production & shop floor documents including N/C Files.
SuiteFactory Offers:
- Base DNC Communications
- ISO9000 Compliancy
- 21CFR11 Compliancy(3rd Quarter 2009)
- International Versions: English, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish
- International Language Locale Creation Module/Modification
- Secure Logins
- Customer creatable User Groups with over 100 User rights to select from
- Customer creatable Users assignable to any User Groups with User Group Inheritance
- Customer defined search criteria
- Secure Vault for any Document type
- Web based Document Display
- Database driven (Access, SQL Server, Oracle 4th Quarter 2008)
- Event Capture and History Logging for all User Activities
- History Reports exportable in 22 formats
- 16 Remote Request Commands
- Remote Request special Help Files for Machine Tools
- Floating Licenses
- File Approval with Workflow
- Virtual File Cabinets
- Multi-Tasking
- Multi-User
SuiteFactory controls deployment of third-party applications providing ISO9000 compliance for documents/records secured within SuiteFactory. Modules are available to record complete "Record File Histories" from birth till death!
SuiteFactory supports integration of virtually any third-party application for the deployment and storage of Documents/Files providing complete file histories including version control using it's secure SuiteVault(tm) and SuiteReport(tm) Modules.
SuiteFactory supports client configurable language translations to suite the client's locale needs. This includes modification of the default English translations and inputting of locale languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc. SuiteFactory defaults include: English, Chinese, Japanese & Spanish.
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This HTML manual for SuiteFactory provides a complete description of its operation and it's various modules. Select from the various topics at the left to explore SuiteFactory.
SuiteFactory's User Interfaces
Runtime
This is the "Users" interface into SuiteFactory. All file management, machine tool management, document management, packet management, database management, third-party management, "User Group" management, "User" management, "Workstation" management, "Resource Collection" management and reports are managed using SuiteFactory's Runtime Application.
Access to these various features are controlled by "User Group" rights. The above Appearance and System Access may be different based on "User" and to which "User Groups" this "User" is belongs to.
Communication Engine
This is module handles the communications between SuiteFactory Runtime, the SuiteFactory database and all Machine Tools. User interaction is limited to stopping machine tool communications and shutting down SuiteFactory Runtime and the Communication Engine applications. As you can see the Communication's Engine provides an considerable information on file transfer status, port availability, etc.
Maintenance Engine
This module handles all automatic importing of N/C Files, Documents and the distribution of ISO9000 generated history reports.