Clocking in at the machine
Job clocking at the machine, with no keyboard
For hours to reach the office in good shape, logging them has to be less effort than not logging them. So in Vexyon it takes seconds and one finger, right beside the machine.
Two ways to clock
The Clock-in button. One tap and it is done. The operator types nothing and remembers no codes.
The detailed entry. When you need to know where the hours went, the operator picks customer, order, section, hours and date in a cascade. Each step is a list on the touchscreen: there is no keyboard anywhere along the way.
The customers and orders listed are the active ones. If you work with an ERP they come from there; if not, they are the ones you added from the panel.
By order, by section and by operator
Every detailed entry says who made it, which order it was for, which section of the shop and how many hours. With that, the panel filters production by date, customer, section or user, and exports it.
- Operator
- Everyone clocks with their own user.
- Order
- From the catalogue that comes from the ERP, or added by hand.
- Section
- The part of the process where the hours were spent: cutting, welding, assembly, finishing… whichever your shop has.
- Hours and date
- The hours worked and the day they were worked.
A guard rail on hours
The system will not let anyone log more hours than were worked. If someone tries, the entry is refused and the screen says so: “You cannot log more hours than were worked.”
Breaks are configurable, in steps of 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour.
That is what lets the office trust the figure without going back through it sheet by sheet.
Touchscreen kiosk or phone
The screen on the shop floor can be a fixed touchscreen kiosk at the machine or each operator’s phone. Vexyon runs as a service on whichever server you choose, your own or the cloud, and whatever you already have will do: no new hardware is needed to start.
Because the detailed entry includes the date, hours that could not be logged at the time, such as an installation away from the workshop, are booked to their order afterwards with the right day.
What the office sees
Every entry reaches the panel the moment it is made. The comparison with the order’s planned time recalculates on its own, and production is filtered and exported with nothing to retype.
If the ERP does not answer one day, the panel lets you manage customers and orders by hand as a safety net. How to read each order’s variance.
Frequently asked questions
Do operators have to type anything?
No. The Clock-in button is a single tap, and the detailed entry is made by picking from a cascade: customer, order, section, hours and date. There is no keyboard anywhere along the way.
Can people clock in from a phone?
Yes. The screen on the shop floor can be a fixed touchscreen kiosk at the machine or each operator’s phone.
What happens if someone tries to log more hours than they worked?
The system does not allow it: the entry is refused and the screen warns that you cannot log more hours than were worked.
Do I need an ERP to use the clocking?
No. Vexyon runs on its own: you add customers and orders from the panel and the shop floor can clock in the same day. If you connect the ERP later, no entry is lost. How the connection works.