Process control and data collection system

摘要

A process control and data collection system which analyzes the data collected to provide information regarding the quality of the raw material supplied by specific vendors, the quality of production for a particular job, the efficiency and quality of the employee's work and the effective yield from raw material to final product on a batch basis. Each of a plurality of remote stations include input devices for providing a measurement of the raw material being processed whether it be weight, count or quality as well as identifying data which may include workstation identification, employee identification, work product identification and processing time. This allows correlation and tracking of the material from the beginning to the end of the process through various steps and comingling of raw materials.