How It Works
Pathfinder provides a “zero code” programming environment that allows non-technical personnel to set up a new process. The entire setup process takes only a couple hours of user’s time. Also, once set up, we make it incredibly straight-forward to modify a process. In the following, we describe the four key steps in this process.
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The first step in setting up a new process is to define its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). The SOP can either be entered on a step-by-step basis as ordinary text. Alternatively, it can be fetched directly from the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) if we have an integration in place with Pathfinder. Users can specify groups of steps that must strictly be performed in order, and they can also specify which steps may be performed out of order. Further, users are able to assign certain steps as “Optional”, meaning that the system won’t issue a real-time alert if those steps are not detected; however when they do appear their timing statistics will appear in the Analytics page. Users can also assign IoT signals to steps e.g. barcode or Light Tower behavior upon step detection. Users can also specify content for Projected Work Instructions if a projector is being used, and they can specify alternative language description of the steps.


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