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Abstract

A paperless tablet automation apparatus and method which utilizes a plurality of portable computer tablets assigned to operators, a central server wirelessly communicating with the tablets, and one or more transceivers connected to the server. The server maintains a plurality of databases. The tablets are in wireless communication with the server through the transceivers. Information for a plurality of jobs assigned to a plurality of operators is collected, processed, stored and accessed. Job information is stored for the plurality of jobs on the server. A tablet is allocated to each operator. At least one of the jobs is assigned to an assigned operator. The operator accesses job information for the job using the allocated tablet. Manufacturing information for each of the jobs is entered by the operator on the allocated tablet and collected, stored and processed on the server. The time allocation of each of the operators to one or more phases of each of the jobs is tracked based upon operator entries in the allocated tablet. The automation system can also include a discrepant material report (DMR) station to create, process and track the disposition of discrepant material reports (DMRs) and/or a statistical process control (SPC) parameter setup station to pre-process sketches in order to add SPC hotspots for entry of SPC data.

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First Claim