Shop Floor Insight v7.12: Transforming MES in Business Central

The Shop Floor Insight app from Insight Works is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Designed to streamline shop floor operations, Shop Floor Insight leverages barcode technology for time capture and employee management, ensuring accurate data collection and enhancing overall production efficiency. By providing real-time visibility into shop floor activities, Shop Floor Insight empowers production managers, supervisors, and operators to make informed decisions that drive operational excellence.

With the release of Shop Floor Insight v7.12, users look forward to a suite of new features and improvements to enhance user experience and optimize operational workflows.

Why Choose Shop Floor Insight?

Selecting Shop Floor Insight means equipping your manufacturing operation with a reliable and comprehensive MES solution that addresses the unique challenges of shop floor management. Here’s why Shop Floor Insight stands out:

• Seamless Integration with Dynamics 365 Business Central: Ensures consistent and accurate data flow across your manufacturing operations, reducing errors and improving decision-making within the Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
• Accurate Time Capture: Leverage barcode technology to automate time tracking, minimizing manual data entry errors and enhancing the accuracy of labor tracking.
• Real-Time Insights: Access up-to-the-minute information on job progression, costing, and quality control, enabling proactive management and continuous improvement.
• Flexible Configuration: Customize workflows, user interfaces, and security settings to align with your shop floor’s specific needs, ensuring an efficient and user-friendly experience.
• Comprehensive Quality Control: Streamline quality inspections and rework tracking, reducing waste and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

What’s New in Shop Floor Insight v7.12?

The latest version, Shop Floor Insight v7.12, introduces several new features designed to improve installation, enhance user roles, and streamline integrations, ensuring your shop floor operations run smoother than ever:

• Enhanced Installation Process: A new Windows installer streamlines the setup of the Windows communication hub, enhancing the overall installation experience.
• Multilingual Quality Inspections: Shop Floor Insight now better supports the recording of quality inspections in non-English languages, expanding its usability globally.
• Dedicated Quality Inspector Role: Shop Floor Insight introduces support for a Quality Inspector role, optimizing quality management on the shop floor.
• Advanced On-premises Integration Options: New support for OData with Web Service Access Key (WSAK) authentication enhances integration capabilities for on-premises Business Central installs.
• Integration Test Tool for Developers: A new Integration Test Tool aids developers in customizations and advanced integrations, improving development efficiency.
• Smoother User Switching: The user experience has been refined to make switching users more seamless while logged in to Shop Floor Insight.
• Optimized OAuth Token Management: Improvements in loading previous OAuth tokens during service startup ensure reliable connectivity, especially in scenarios with invalid configuration files.
• Refined Group Client Configuration: Shop Floor Insight now offers improved functionality for selecting client configurations for groups, simplifying setup and customization.

Upgrade to Shop Floor Insight v7.12 Today

Whether you’re looking to optimize your shop floor management or streamline quality control, the new features in this latest Shop Floor Insight v7.12 release provide the tools you need to elevate your production processes. If you’re already using Shop Floor Insight, upgrading to v7.12 will ensure you get the most out of your MES solution. For more details on Shop Floor Insight and to upgrade to the latest version, visit ShopFloorForDynamics.com or contact your Microsoft Partner today.