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Created: 20 September 2019 09:32

Last Updated: 20 September 2019 12:38

Update: Email functionality is now restored.

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Created: 20 September 2019 09:32

Last Updated: 20 September 2019 09:32

Some customers may experience issues with site/email connectivity.

Out team is working to fix this as soon as possible.

As we move towards the new Version 9 of the IePro Desktop Software, we have issued a latest Version 8   

Release V8.19.07.1 and is available to download, we will also be issuing this via CD to end users on warranty or contact on the 1st July. 

If all goes well with tesing of V9 the next release will be a major update to the new software.

“A method of finding the percentage occurrence of a certain activity by statistical sampling and random observations”.

(ILO- Introduction to Work Measurement 4th edition)

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This measurement technique comes under many banners. Activity Sampling is a popular term which tends to be favoured in the United Kingdom, but also may be known as Random Observation Method, Ratio-Delay Study, Snap-Reading Method of Observing.
 

This technique can be very effective in giving the engineer a very fast “view” of what’s happening within an area or process and with the statistical analysis an engineer can ascertain the confidence of activities recorded occurring.
 

Historically the technique tended to concentrate on the “working” activities of a process with a single definition of “not working” for everything else. However, with the advent of Lean techniques it now almost as important to define the reasons for “not working” eg. Breakdown, Waiting Materials etc. This creates a feedback on targets for Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) events.
 

More recently Activity Sampling has expanded to include sampling based on fixed intervals rather than a random process, this quite often will shorten the time required to study compared with a truly random method. In addition, “Rating” or “Pace” can now be included to obtain a general level of performance for the sample.
 

So now we have Rated Activity Sampling (RAS), but of course all this increases the complexity in a manually recorded study, which could mean the engineer has to balance the detail recorded in a study against the time it takes to analyse the data.
 

That’s where Tectime can step in by recording the sample on our system. You can review the study immediately, effectively removing the work-up time and because of the client feedback and in-house developments the software will allow you to analyse the data quickly offering reports, exporting and statistical analysis within a few clicks of the mouse.

Hi,  Our festive break starts on the afternoon of the 21st with our Christmas Lunch. The office will reopen on the 2nd January.
Our main line number will be monitored together with sales & support emails addresses, but there may a be delay in responding over the holiday period.

Best wishes for the festive season from all at Tectime

Thanks to all attending the November User Group, good response on the latest developments keep the feed back coming.

Over the coming weeks we'll advise on the planned media group for the User Group.

Our regards to the chairman who was unable to attend, get well soon Stephen, all send there regards.

Have a good festive season and I'll catch up with you all in the New Year (2019....Oh my !!)

Create Joblet for Tablet Document added to the cutomer portal, will assist in the development of Joblets for use on the IePro Mobile Tablet

Login to the portal to access this.

Is now available from the customer portal to download. This is part of the implementation to allow users to manage the Licence details for their devices, allowing users to remove a licence from an old devices and replace on a alternative device without the intervention of Tectime. Rollout of this version to Tectime managed devices will occur shortly and the user will be advised directly.

"It's Coming Home"

iePro Mobile Android program update is released V1.18.05.00 (May 2018)

1. Expanded the error message when maximum amount of studies collected.

2. When creating a new element the auto Code naming has been changed to XX1 - XX999 from XXX1 - XXX99
   When creating a new op/area the auto Code naming has been changed to X1  - X99   from XX1  - XX9

3. Allow the volume down button to be used as a New Round button in multiman, option in the settings.

4. EC button added to multiman.

5. Ending study changed; the end study button has been removed from within the study recording
   screens due to it sometimes being hit accidently. The study icon on the main screen changes to indicate if a study is in progress or not, if it is when pressed the option to ressume or end the study is presented.  

6. A History button has been added which when pressed show the current operator's history so far.
   This feature is only available is the device has a 'Large' or above screen as defined by Android OS (large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp) Approx 7" or larger screens.

Managed tablet users will be notified on your device.

Other users will be emailed when the update is ready for download via the customer portal.

Thanks again to the users that continue to supply feedback to improve the product.

Just testing the latest updates to the Android study application. Some interesting features such as a "view history" option together with

Expanded Error Messages, Auto coding of "new" elements etc simplified to match IePro Desktop.

Volume button allowed for new round/observation input in Sampling and Multi Operator Timestudy

EC (element continued) added to Multi Operator Timestudy.

Planned release shortly.