A Shop Floor Control System is designed to schedule, execute and track work orders through manufacturing. It may be part of a larger enterprise system or standalone. It will provide methods for shop floor based personnel to receive work orders and schedules, then apply predefined manufacturing procedures (called routings), and some local decisions about scheduling, to execute the work orders.
Glossary
Shop Floor Data Collection
Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) gathers, stores, and communicates data from plant equipment and instruments. It is usually automated, but can be manual.
SFDC often focuses on tracking progress of materials through the plant, but its scope can include performance, maintenance, quality and operator data.