ProGlove, a provider of ergonomic wearable technology for industry, has announced the addition of new process analytics capabilities to its ProGlove Insight platform. ProGlove Insight collects a unique set of data by using its MARK barcode scanner family of products. The Insight ecosystem contextualizes the data and allows users to consume it according to their needs.
The platform draws on the capabilities of ProGlove's MARK barcode scanners to capture barcode data and seize metadata and information collected via the numerous sensors the devices feature. This data contextualizes barcode symbols, device configurations, time stamps, temperature readings, battery health and other raw data to provide the user with actionable insights. This allows for an overview of a business's entire warehouse process and thus supports data-driven decision making.
Some of ProGlove Insight's key functionalities include:
Safeguarding frontline workers: Allow for time-motion studies and measure the effort to complete assigned jobs. The number of scans can be correlated with a worker's step count to determine the workload on each worker. Organizations can assess whether the number of assigned workers per workstation needs adjustments to respond to peaks. Push audio, visual and haptic notifications on the deployed devices provide guidance to help shop floor staff avoid accidents and injuries.
Comprehensive Layout & Levels capabilities: Visualize shop floor activities and drill down to individual workstations and devices to compare processes.
Superior Insight analytics: Monitor all scans and refine the collected information with relevant metadata to understand jobs, processes, and workloads to compare them to previous jobs.
Device management and zero-touch updates: Push firmware and configuration updates from one central point to the entire device fleet and know when to swap devices before they run out of charge.
"It is safe to assume that 70 percent of the added value on the shop floor is created by the hands of human frontline workers," said Andreas Koenig, CEO at ProGlove. "That's why we need means to optimize processes while strengthening the role of the human worker. ProGlove Insight is an amalgam of device management, advanced analytics, and the Human Digital Twin that strikes the right balance between business needs and worker wellbeing. We look upon this as a responsibility we have to pioneer a pathway to a future that comes with opportunities for everyone. ProGlove Insight is our contribution in that regard."
About ProGlove
ProGlove builds the smallest, lightest, and toughest barcode scanners in the world, connecting workers to the Internet of Things. This promotes human-machine collaboration and drives the digitization of the shop floor. More than 500 renowned organizations in manufacturing, production, logistics, and retail use these smarter workforce solutions. ProGlove was founded in December 2014 after winning the Intel "Make it Wearable" Challenge and is backed by growth-focused investors Summit Partners, DICP Deutsche Invest Capital Partners, and Bayern Capital. The company employs more than 200 people from over 30 countries with offices in Chicago, Munich (Germany), and Belgrade (Serbia).
