What is it?
Operator Guidance systems support your team with clear, real-time instructions during complex manufacturing processes, overlaying and projecting key information onto their workspace as they go about their task.
Why would we need it?
Some jobs simply must be done by hand, and even the most skilled pair of hands can be fallible. Augmented reality tools like these supplement your most valuable team members, helping to keep processes 100% consistent from the first widget on Monday morning to the last on Friday evening, reducing errors and improving efficiency.
What are the expected benefits and potential challenges?
Many manufacturers struggle with the challenge of how to pass on years of skilled technical knowledge from their most experienced employees to the next generation. Operator guidance can play a critical role in onboarding, training and upskilling your people, and keeping the quality consistently high while you do it.
It also has significant advantages over other forms of training – offering step-by-step guidance during the task at hand, clear instructions that can be translated into many different languages, and guidance personalised to each employee – from detailed, ‘nut and bolt level’ instructions for rookies to occasional reminders for more experienced workers.
Operator guidance systems involve a combination of different technologies to work effectively – let’s have a chat about your manufacturing processes and which tools they may require.
How do we get started?
We work with ivii as our supplier of vision systems (which capture information from the live environment and display the guidance to employees) and operator guidance software (which manages what information to display and when).
Get in touch to discuss where operator guidance might be used in your facility, and how to combine technologies effectively to get the best result.
