MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE: Activplant simplifies plant-floor tracking, reporting with Excel interface

摘要

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software is the most common planning tool used in manufacturing, and "spreadsheet hell" refers to the confusion that follows when each tracks his own version of the truth in his own personal planning tool. Manufacturing intelligence software vendor Activplant says users can still have the convenience of the Excel interface while taking steps to ensure collaboration based on shared information. Its just-released Insight for Microsoft Excel product lets users create functions and detail reports-using data collected by the company's Activplant Performance Management System (APMS)-in Excel.