FlexNet Process Builder - Apriso

FlexNet Process Builder
Work at the Speed of Business
Manufacturers bound by rigid IT systems are challenged when faced with today’s
dynamic market conditions. Frequent product or design changes and ongoing industry
consolidations necessitate quick changes to standardized processes. This need for
greater flexibility is heightened when implementing continuous improvement initiatives,
such as Lean or Six Sigma. Increasingly distributed production and supply chain
networks add further pressure to simplify and accelerate process changes while ensuring
high product quality and brand consistency.
FlexNet ® Process Builder utilizes FlexNet’s native Business Process Management (BPM)
framework allowing you to author and manage manufacturing processes spanning
production, warehouse, quality, maintenance and labor operations. FlexNet Process
Builder lets you write or modify business processes impacting any FlexNet application;
these processes are then easily connected together as an “end-to-end” series of related
tasks. Dynamic user interfaces contain the necessary business logic for changes to be
made quickly and easily, adding enormous flexibility to change a business process as
often as needed, either within a specific plant or across multiple locations.
Increase Flexibility to Change
FlexNet Process Builder greatly simplifies your ability to build or change a process – with
most changes performed within a matter of minutes or hours – across a wide range of
departments and functionalities. With FlexNet Process Builder, businesses can blueprint
and prototype new processes. Power-users can then collaboratively test and validate
these processes to quickly understand if the update is beneficial and effective prior to
being sent to IT for completion, shortening the time required for implementing a new or
modified process.
Embrace Continuous Process Improvement
FlexNet Process Builder includes a library of hundreds of ready-to-run business
components, ranging from production reporting to pallet shipping to quality testing,
representing a collection of Apriso customer’s best practices. Simply drag-and-drop
components to create end-to-end processes that are easily updated and modified as
often as necessary. Despite spanning traditionally distinct operations, these processes
operate within a common data
model to assure consistent data
availability and ease of continuous
improvement. Business processes
can be saved to a central library
or Center of Excellence, which
can then be utilized for continuous
improvement of operational
performance, quality and
profitability.
Data Sheet FlexNet Process Builder
Benefits
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Improved manufacturing agility
with rapid process deployment
Greater collaboration between
manufacturing and IT
Lower IT overhead costs with
no custom coding needed
Enforcement of initiatives
such as Six Sigma and Lean
manufacturing
Consistent deployment of
global processes for regulatory
compliance and best practice
Paperless work instructions for
faster responsiveness
Better control over process
lifecycle management
Fewer manufacturing defects,
faster completion and a general
increase in quality

Data Sheet FlexNet Process Builder
Rationalize Manufacturing IT Systems to Cut Costs
As a platform for manufacturing operations management, FlexNet offers unprecedented
ways to simplify your IT infrastructure. Redundant applications can be retired when
establishing a common framework to create processes that span all of production,
warehouse, quality, maintenance and labor operations. Costs are further reduced with
FlexNet Process Builder’s, simplified user interfaces and ease of use, less training and
reduced support requirements from corporate IT.
Part of the Total FlexNet Solution
FlexNet Process Builder is a key component of Apriso’s broader FlexNet solution –
an adaptive platform for manufacturing operations management. FlexNet manages
production, quality, warehouse, maintenance and labor processes to provide visibility into,
control over and synchronization across global manufacturing operations. Built with a
native Business Process Management (BPM) framework that incorporates a unified data
model, FlexNet applications enable continuous improvement and rapid response to market
changes. FlexNet delivers a global view of manufacturing operations by utilizing a Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA) to ease integration with enterprise applications, such as ERP
and PLM, while interfacing with the shop floor and automation equipment.
FlexNet
Business Systems (ERP, PLM, APS, SCM)
Global Manufacturing Suite
Global Process Manager Manufacturing Process Intelligence Global Production Manager
Manufacturing Applications
Production Warehouse Quality Maintenance Time & Labor
Just-in-Sequence Quality Planning Dispatching Board
Containment Manager Advanced SPC
Adaptive BPM Platform
Process Builder
Machine Integrator Archiving Business Integrator Reporting Analytics Platform
Plant Control (DCS, SCADA, OPC, CNC, DNC, PLC, Historian)
About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to helping
manufacturers achieve and sustain operational excellence. Apriso
serves nearly 200 customers in 40+ countries across the Americas,
Europe, Asia and Africa. Learn more at http://www.apriso.com.
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FlexNet
Features
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“Manufacturing-aware” BPM for
rapidly defining and executing
processes
Automatic generation of user
screens to support authored
processes
Deployment to all areas of
operations – production,
warehouse, quality,
maintenance and extended
supply chain
Tight integration with ERP, PLM,
APS and other business-level
systems
Built-in support for multiple
languages, time zones, regional
suppliers and other global
factors
Robust Web-based, real-time
and historical reporting
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