Sequence...Bottom Line Value from Work Instructions

Work Instructions are perhaps the most over-looked source of shop floor issues and wasted engineering time contributing to unnecessary costs. At the same time, well-written and up-to-date work instructions are a tremendous asset to Quality, Productivity, and Profitability. Whether it be the actual cost of the time involved in authoring and maintaining, the cost of mistakes on the shop floor due to incorrect or out of date information, or the cost of lost knowledge as valuable employees depart the organization, the effect on the bottom line can be significant.

Features & Functionality Military & Aerospace High Tech & Electronics General Manufacturing

System Information

Sequence Architecture

Database Management of Work Instructions


Sequence was designed with one thing in mind - helping companies capture and manage manufacturing knowledge and transform that knowledge into effective Work Instructions.

  • Database architecture yielding flexible, faster, better use/reuse and control of data;
  • Rapid work-instruction deployment via preformatted paper, electronic .pdf files or real-time paperless through WebSequence;
  • Integration with other business systems to extend the value of enterprise data to the shop floor;
  • Real-time, shop-floor knowledge capture capabilities to capture manufacturing know-how where it exists;
  • Role or function specific instructions in a pictorial based format;
  • The ability to publish customer / work-order specific instructions in a paperless, real-time environment;
  • Automatic archiving of historical information and retired versions;
  • The ability to collect operational information during the manufacturing process;
  • The ability to track work at an operational level with electronic signoff and instruction verification;and,
  • E-note error documentation and information input from users to alert authors of potential changes or errors.

  • Military & Aerospace manufacturers are subjected to some of the most demanding manufacturing oversight and documentation requirements of any industry; particularly those who focus on exactitude. Some manufacturers have limited automation potential and rely on human factors and are typically high mix, low volume with constant or frequent change. Leaders in this industry have used Sequence to:

  • Support their regulatory and compliance requirements;
  • Realize significant savings in reduction of engineering time required for development of WI’s;
  • Increase engineering capacity;
  • Reduce training time for new employees; and,
  • Increase quality due to standardized work with reduced scrap and rework costs.

  • Manufacturers of high-tech hardware and instrumentation perhaps struggle more with constrained capacity and training issues than any other industry. Quite often, company growth is limited by the rate at which new manufacturing personnel can be hired and become effective. Add the complexity of highly configurable products to be more competitive and suddenly, role-specific Work Instructions are needed to effectively and profitably produce products. Manufacturers have confirmed that Sequence offers:

  • A more efficient, cost-effective tool over “office" products;
  • Significant savings in the time to create and manage rich, detailed work instructions;
  • A format that reduces the time it takes for new hires to become effective; and,
  • A scalable deployment path to meet every budget.

  • Now more than ever, manufacturers of consumer products are forced to be as lean as possible on the manufacturing floor. In today's global economy, no company can survive for very long with waste in any area. Sequence provides a cost-effective tool for companies to improve their operational performance with:

  • Foundation tools for development of Lean processes, ISO certification and audits;
  • Paperless, interactive WI’s that allow for video and audio files to support training and shop floor instructions;
  • Data collection, with electronic signature for tracking/tracing of work performed and related job information for regulatory or compliance reporting; and,
  • Expert / Novice and function specific instructions in a pictorial based format.
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