Digital Shift Book – New Team Player for Communication and Documentation in Production

SHIFTGURU improves and facilitates communication and documentation in shift operations by providing outstanding user-friendliness and the best possible support for users in their daily workflows. Paperless working in all areas of production, maintenance and warehouse management guarantees error-free, complete recording of all shift events.

Employees in all departments are part of the team and benefit from digital communication and the information relevant to them provided by the digital shift book.

Key features 

• Central dashboard with events, tasks, shift handovers, information board and instructions
• Standard forms and freely configurable data entry templates for the replacement of paper documents, checklists, etc.
• Intuitive and flexible operation
• Filtering, grouping, sorting and user- or group-specific layout saving
• History for traceability of changes

To meet specific requirements, SHIFTGURU offers add-ons beyond the standard functionalities, such as

• Digital data collection | Digital checklists
• Reporting and mailing
• Integration of BI tools
• Visualisation of plant status (OEE)

Companies benefit from increased plant effectiveness and the optimisation of their processes in all departments: 

• Maintenance is supported by adherence to maintenance schedules, automatic problem detection and documentation of changes that have been made.
• For shift supervisors, real-time and seamless communication offer the best conditions for effective and smooth production processes.
• Managers receive support in terms of planning, organising, controlling and monitoring the available resources.
• A visualised overview of the entire plant status guarantees the detection of unforeseen events and helps to minimise downtime by immediately forwarding information to the responsible departments
• Digital checklists are an effective tool for the timely detection of deviations in production. They offer seamless tracking and help to avoid human error, e.g. in quality control.

SHIFTGURU – benefits at a glance:

• Paperless, centralised, flexible and mobile data collection
• Reduced time and effort for data entry and research
• Support for employees throughout the entire production process due to the workflow engine and automatic transmission of shift book-relevant operating data
• Reduced IT costs by company-wide use of a multilingual, uniform shift book solution
• Standardised interfaces to the shop floor and ERP world

SHIFTGURU is part of the MES software family provided by the iMes Solutions GmbH and is available both as a cloud solution and on-premises.

Further digital solutions by iMes Solutions:

• Plant Historian 5 AM – Alarm Management
• Plant Historian 5 AR – Alarm Rationalisation with MoC (Management of Change)
• Digital Checklists (DCL)
• Process Data Archiving (PDA)
• Machine Data Acquisition (MDE/MDA)
• Operational Data Acquisition (BDE)
• Digital Plant Documentation
• Visualisation and Connection of Equipment/Machines (HMI)
• Scanner Solutions