An Andon system works as a trouble alarm in various industries. It is based on lean manufacturing and was first used in Japanese Toyota production industry. Tradiotionally, Andon systems are used to notify if there is any problem in working station.
It’s primary and most important functionality is to notify management, maintenance and production department regarding the problems arising beacuse of quality or process related issues. A warning in form of visual signals is given to indicate current produciton status and alert the people working in the industry.
The basic rule behind the system is simple; “Red is bad”. If there is any serious issue then you notice a red color while for any medium-severity issues, there is a yellow color. Green color indicates that everything is working fine and the system will further notify if any problem occurs.
The operator can manually see the current status, defects, highlights downtime and other safety problems going in the production line. This is indicated through graphs and historical database.
Strategically planned production with a settable target.
Seeking the disturbances in the production and immediate problem notication to the concern department for taking action.
Receives service requests directly from the troubled machines.
The system has the facility to send messages to everyone and ensure that people are aware of the given issue, eventually reducing the downtime.
The automaed system allows a real-time problem analysis and it drastically remove costs that is associated with manual data collection and input.
Great ability to adapt the design to specific customer needs.
Recording of time and events.
PLC based system which is easy in maintenance.