Shop floor execution software that won't let the wrong thing happen in the first place.
V5 Ultimate puts the current operation on the operator's screen, enforces the order it runs in, captures weights, scans and results from the hardware directly, and reports WIP, downtime and OEE as the shift happens. Not a dashboard describing yesterday — the system the floor actually works in.
You're replacing shop floor paper because the plan and the floor stopped agreeing.
Work instructions are printed, so operators can be running a superseded revision
Quantities, weights and scrap are written down and keyed in hours later
WIP is a guess between ERP postings
Downtime reasons are reconstructed at the end of the shift
Nothing physically stops an operator skipping or reordering a step
Every rework or hold needs a supervisor to find out what actually happened
Execution control, not another reporting layer.
Enforced step sequencing
The next operation unlocks only when the previous one is complete and signed. Skips, reorders and wrong revisions are blocked at the screen.
Operator kiosk built for gloves
Large targets, scanner-first entry, offline tolerance, and the effective work-instruction revision fetched at runtime.
Live WIP, downtime and OEE
Availability, performance and quality by machine, line and shift — computed from actual events, visible on the floor as it happens.
Direct hardware capture
Scales, balances, scanners, label printers and instruments write their readings straight against the operation through the V5 Device Bridge.
Exceptions raised where they happen
Out-of-tolerance readings, short weights, failed checks and unplanned stops open a record at the step with all the context attached.
ERP write-back that reconciles
Actual consumption, yield, scrap and labour post back to ERP from the events that produced them, so finance and the floor stop disagreeing.
What changes in the first quarter.
- Sequence and wrong-material errors largely disappear because the screen prevents them
- WIP becomes a live number instead of a reconciliation exercise
- Downtime reasons are captured at the stop, so the Pareto is trustworthy
- Transcription from paper to system stops entirely
- First line live within 30 days of kickoff
Execution records that hold up when someone asks.
21 CFR Part 11
Bound signatures with structured meaning, append-only audit trail with reason-for-change, authority and operational checks at every gate.
EU GMP Annex 11
Validated computerised system, data integrity, incident management and printed-copy criteria covered out of the box.
ISO 9001:2015 clause 8.5
Controlled production conditions, identification and traceability, and control of monitoring and measuring resources, evidenced from live execution.
ISA-95 alignment
Level 3 execution sitting cleanly between ERP planning and Level 2 controls, with defined production performance reporting back upward.
Shop floor execution software, answered.
What is shop floor execution software?
Software that runs production at the point of work: it presents the current operation and its effective instruction revision to the operator, enforces the order operations run in, captures data from scales, scanners and instruments directly, records exceptions at the moment they occur, and reports WIP, downtime and OEE in real time. It is the execution layer between ERP planning and the machines.
How is this different from shop floor data collection?
Data collection records what happened. Execution controls what is allowed to happen — it will refuse an out-of-sequence operation, an expired material or an uncalibrated instrument. V5 does both; the enforcement is the part that removes the error.
Is this the same as MES?
Shop floor execution is the core of an MES. V5 is a full MES, so alongside execution you also get batch and device records, deviations, calibration, inventory and quality on the same data model.
Does it work with our existing scales and printers?
Yes. The V5 Device Bridge is a signed local agent for Windows and macOS that connects scales, balances, scanners, label printers and instruments over USB, serial, Bluetooth or Ethernet.
What happens if the network drops mid-shift?
The kiosk tolerates short outages and reconciles when the connection returns, so the line does not stop because a switch did.
How quickly can one line go live?
Typically 30 days from kickoff to a line running fully on V5, including hardware bridging and operator training.
Put one line on V5 and watch the paper stop.
Free trial. No sales gate. First line live in 30 days.