Henning said:
Okay, here's what I need, it's for managing a service shop. What I want is for each employee to have a code or even a swipe card, and each project have a number. When the employee comes in, he swipes his card and chooses which project/vessel he is working on. When he moves to another project during the day (sometimes people will move around between 5-6+projects per day depending on their skills and the requirements) they come back to the shop, enter their materials used from a materials database, then swipe their card and enter the next project/vessel. When any particular project is complete, click "project finished" and out prints an invoice. Kind like restraunt software, I guess I could modify Aloha, just wondering if there was anything else out there. Thanks.
What you need is the programe from Sparwars called NALCOMIS, Naval,Aviation,Logistics,Computer,Operating,Information,System.
I use it at work (AIMD) NAS Whidbey, to track all time and materials we use in the overhaul, or repair of the T-56 engines. I can account for every penny, and time spent by who, Who worked on it and who inspected what portion of the job.
Each Worker has a log in known only by them, each login has allowable abilities, Worker, Colateral Duty inspector, Supervisor, Quality Assurance inspector, Production controler.
I find a discrepancy, I write a job control number aginst the engine controling document, P/C assignes a priority, it gets placed in a work center(shop) work load listing, I work the list from top to bottom.
Each worker logs in on the job, and orders what pats they need, and P/C authorizes the buy, the parts are installed and the worker logs the job as JC job complete, the job order is then placed in the inspectors inbox and they are required to buy off on the completion.
I manage 28 engines in work at any one time at over a mil in parts and labor, with 50+ people and I can account for every cent, and minute of their time.
It is the best management tool that has come along in my 40 years with the USN.
SparWars is a the computer class at MIT.