How can you improve productivity with the same equipment?

Tracking follows a state and a progression: at which step, in which status, since when. Track & trace adds traceabilityTraceabilityAbility to reconstruct the complete history of a part: who, when, where, with what, and under which control.See in the glossary →, meaning the complete, auditable history of the item. Geolocation gives its physical position in real time.

A work order can be declared "awaiting inspectionInspectionPost-disassembly inspection phase that reveals the actual condition of the equipment and determines the real work content of the job.See in the glossary →" (tracking) and have been sitting for three days in a forgotten buffer zone (geolocation): that is why a shop-floor project often needs all three.

By geo-locating the asset and automatically timestamping its zone entries and exits. ROBIN derives the number of cycles, actual cycle time (min, max, average), total idle time, and real-time availability rate — both by asset count and by capacity. No operator input is required.

It is the proactive distribution of work across operators and workstations so as to avoid overload peaks and troughs, taking into account actual skills, absences, shifts, and leave. LevellingLevellingDistribution of workload over time to avoid peaks and troughs on a resource.See in the glossary → requires finite-capacity thinking: overloads are detected at schedulingSchedulingDetermination of the order and timing of each operation on each resource, subject to capacity, skills, and deadline constraints.See in the glossary → time, not discovered mid-month.

With infinite capacity, the tool schedules work orders on the assumption that resources will keep up. With finite capacity, it refuses to schedule more than machines, furnaces, and operators can absorb — and flags the gap. That is what turns a schedule into a decision-making tool.

Both — but the lasting value lies in optimisation. Locating a piece of equipment saves time immediately — 20 min per day per person in the cosmetics business case. Measuring utilisation rates enables you to guide investment decisions, identify bottlenecks, and plan ahead. And those gains compound.

To carry the right information on the object, continuously and without paper. It displays the reference, batch, priority and next step; it updates remotely when scheduling recalculates the sequence; it flags urgent jobs, such as an AOGAOGAircraft On GroundAircraft grounded due to a missing part or repair. An absolute emergency: every AOG request takes priority over everything else on the shop floor.See in the glossary → in MROMROMaintenance, Repair & OverhaulMaintenance, repair and overhaul of aeronautical equipment. Unlike serial production, the scope of work is only known after inspection.See in the glossary →; it is geolocated in real time, so the object can be found at once; it carries a QR link to the documentation. It replaces the paper job traveller, removes the risk of an outdated version and secures digital sign-off.

No. Your ERPERPEnterprise Resource PlanningIntegrated management software (SAP, Sage X3, Oracle…). It handles orders, stock, bills of materials, and work orders, but schedules by the week, not by the hour.See in the glossary → remains the system of record for work orders, routings and bills of materials: it was designed for management, not for detailed scheduling. ROBIN connects to it through standard connectors (SAP, Sage and others) and takes over what it cannot do: dynamic finite-capacity scheduling and real-time shop-floor data (tracking, geolocation, actual progress).

The same goes for an existing MRO system: ROBIN pulls its work orders, routings and standard hours, and adds the layer it lacks. Your ERP investment is preserved.