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VKS Enterprise
Operational Excellence at its Best
VKS Enterprise enables you to standardize your processes, centralize your data, and expand the capabilities of your workers, equipment, and systems.
Transform your operations into one powerful ecosystem by guiding workers and connecting VKS to your ERP, Business Intelligence, or any other software through our advanced API.
Launch Into Production
As a worker-centric MES, VKS Enterprise empowers manufacturing teams to display their work orders, share key process knowledge, and launch into their work quickly and effectively.
Launch Work Orders
Provide quick and easy access to work orders and instructions via barcode scanning, direct VKS selection, or seamless integration with your existing work order system.
Auto-Configuration of Work Instructions
Automatically configure work instructions with associated BOMs, links to drawings, and customer-specific criteria based on work order specifications from your ERP or PLM.
Drive Manufacturing Execution
Achieve operational excellence by leveraging step-by-step instructions, intelligent data collection, and real-time progress monitoring. VKS further streamlines your workflow by enabling seamless data exchange with your ERP system.
Expert-level Guidance
VKS guides operators through their tasks and activities with step-by-step instructions while prompting users with in-process quality checks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
Collect Data Intelligently
Build quality into every process with digital forms and checklists that capture measurements, serial numbers, signatures, part numbers, inspection results, and even perform automatic mathematical equations.
Monitor Live-Progress
Drive better results by tracking live progress, units completed, cycle times, remaining times, reasons for delays, and more while enabling individuals and teams to receive notifications in real time.
Auto-report Operations as Complete in Your ERP
Automatically send completed quantities, cycle times, material usage, and more as soon as the job is completed in VKS.
Success Stories
"We're able to push information from our ERP into VKS, linking work instructions, work orders, part numbers, and traceability data so we can know which parts are being worked on at any given time. Its very important for us to have communication between our ERP and our work instructions."
Adam Prizio - Promark
Director of Manufacturing Operations
"We put a large focus on quality here. VKS is a great program to use. There are a lot of opportunities, and after four years I still don’t think I have found them all."
Zefanja Langeberg - Mitsubishi
Components Compiler
"VKS opened up a whole bunch of new possibilities for us. It let us look at our infrastructure and upgrade everybody. But it's not only VKS that's now enabled, it’s also all the other tools that we use in different forms or fashion. We can now run our plant more efficiently using VKS."
Kali Schwantz - Brunswick Boat Group
Business Relationship Manager
"We're able to push information from our ERP into VKS, linking work instructions, work orders, part numbers, and traceability data so we can know which parts are being worked on at any given time. Its very important for us to have communication between our ERP and our work instructions."
Adam Prizio - Promark
Director of Manufacturing Operations
"VKS opened up a whole bunch of new possibilities for us. It let us look at our infrastructure and upgrade everybody. But it's not only VKS that's now enabled, it’s also all the other tools that we use in different forms or fashion. We can now run our plant more efficiently using VKS."
Kali Schwantz - Brunswick Boat Group
Business Relationship Manager
Analyze & Feed Business Intelligence
Develop deeper insights into your operations by seamlessly integrating VKS data with your existing Business Intelligence (BI) software. Create custom dashboards and KPIs, streamline data analysis, and boost data integrity to provide your team with actionable insights for informed decision-making.
Quality Data
Gain deep quality insights by analyzing quality performance, non-conformances, common defect causes, complete product history records, first-pass-yield rates, SPC charts, and more.
Production Insights
Achieve real-time visibility into your shop floor operations and improve manufacturing productivity with interactive dashboards and KPIs. Monitor live job status, work order progress, completed/expected quantities, and more.
Customize your Data Extraction
With a direct line of communication between VKS and your BI Software, all company-specific data, KPIs, and dashboards are at your fingertips.
Strengthen Security & Control
Minimize operational risks and enhance data security across your entire production process with VKS Enterprise. Our solution provides your teams with secure and controlled access to critical instructions, ensuring compliance with industry best practices and minimizing the potential for errors.
Active Directory and SSO Integrations
Streamline employee access by seamlessly integrating VKS with your existing AD/LDAP infrastructure and other enterprise software. Leverage Single Sign-On (SSO) to boost security and eliminate the need for employees to remember multiple usernames and passwords.
SaaS & On-Premise
Choose the deployment option that best suits your IT infrastructure and security needs. Deploy VKS in the cloud for enhanced agility, or install it on-premise for greater control and customization.
Enhance Your Existing Software Ecosystem
Unify VKS work instructions and data collection features with your existing software to ensure your ecosystem is working at its full potential. With access to process traceability in VKS, work order information from your ERP, certifications from your LMS, and more, your operations become more capable than before.
Unlock New Insights
Gather VKS data and merge it with your other systems to unlock new levels of insight. Compare production hours in VKS to paid time from your payroll system and provide your business with the critical data.
Improve Your Software Stack
From enhancing your CMMS with data collection and instructions to capturing quality data to improve QMS traceability, VKS seamlessly closes the gaps in your software infrastructure.
Data-Driven Culture
By pulling data from your work instructions and other enterprise software, VKS empowers you to make accurate evidence-based decisions, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.
Key Benefits of VKS Enterprise at a Glance
Key Benefits of VKS Enterprise
Interactive Standardization
Clear, consistent, and engaging instructions for all teams.
Digital Checklists & Forms
Collect in-process data and validations to ensure quality at every step.
Worker-Centric MES
Control production schedules and work orders to achieve manufacturing excellence.
API Integration
Connect VKS with your ERP, BI, PLM, and other enterprise software.
Next Level Insights
Gather real-time insights from your shop floor and connected systems.
Enhanced Data Integrity
Ensure your data is accurate, consistent, and reliable.
Which VKS Package is Right for You?
Compare VKS Enterprise with our other packages to find the perfect fit for your organization.
| Features | Lite | Pro | Enterprise |
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| Digital work instructions | |||
| Pictures, videos, PDFs, etc. | |||
| Training & Certifications | |||
| Expert Mode | |||
| Smart Forms | |||
| Reports | |||
| Work Order Management | |||
| API Connectivity | |||
| Audit Log | |||
| VKS Edge (Add-Ons) | |||
| ToolConnect IoT | |||
| IO Connect | |||
| DataConnect |
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