Getting It Right the First Time: How Digital Work Instructions Are Changing the Shop Floor
For manufacturers running lean crews and tight schedules, small process breakdowns rarely stay small. A misread step, an outdated instruction sheet, or a new hire without enough guidance can lead to rework, scrap, or a missed deadline. The question isn't whether these issues will happen. It's how much they cost when they do.
Visual Job Execution (VJES) was built to close that gap.
What VJES Does
VJES delivers real-time work instructions, images, and videos directly to the shop floor, giving operators exactly what they need at each step of a job. Rather than relying on printed instructions that can go out of date or get left at the wrong workstation, operators always see the current, approved version of the job in front of them.
VJES works as a stand-alone system, but integrating it with your Infor ERP takes it further, turning it into a full data capture and traceability tool. Every step, every completion, and every performance metric ties directly back to your ERP, giving you visibility into shop floor operations you didn't have with paper.
Why It Matters
Getting a job right the first time isn't just about avoiding mistakes. It's about consistency across shifts, faster ramp-up for new employees, and confidence that the work being done matches the standard it's supposed to.
That shows up in the numbers. Manufacturers using VJES have seen:
- Training time reduced from 1 week to 3 days
- Quality scores improved from 68 to 93
- 100% first-pass yield maintained for 8 consecutive months
These aren't small gains. A new hire who's productive in days instead of weeks changes how a plant handles turnover. A quality score jump like that reflects fewer defects, less rework, and fewer surprises downstream.
Built for Infor Environments
For manufacturers running Infor LN, Baan, LX, or BPCS...