NoGaps
NoGaps
Production System · Closing the gaps
Traceability and digital work instructions for manufacturing
Every part scanned, every step confirmed, every unit traceable. The wrong part is stopped before it is built in – and afterwards you know exactly what sits in which unit, who built it and to which revision.
The gaps in production
An assembled product – say a computer for vehicles – is made of many parts: chassis, circuit boards, display. Each has an article number, a revision and a serial number. Two questions keep coming back, and paper binders and spreadsheets answer them badly:
Which part sits in which unit?
When a supplier reports a faulty lot, you need to know at once which units got it – for recalls, troubleshooting and warranty.
Was the unit built right?
The right article and revision, in the right order, according to the instruction that applied – and proof of it, with who did what and when.
Instructions that are up to date
Operators need the current instruction for exactly the variant in front of them, not a binder that covers every variant and was last updated two revisions ago.
How NoGaps works
Operators scan the parts as they build and get digital instructions between the scans. Each scan is checked on the spot and saved as an event that is never changed.
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Design
A process engineer describes the product once: articles, structure, flow of operations and stations, and the instructions. Quality releases it.
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Production
At the station the operator scans their badge and the unit and follows the steps. A wrong part or an unapproved revision stops the step immediately.
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Calls
Stuck? I need help sends a call to the call screen and the start page, and escalates if nobody answers.
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Traceability
Every unit gets a build record. Search both ways: what is in this unit, and where did this part or lot end up?
What you get
Checked at every scan
Article and approved revision are checked when the part is scanned. Labels from different suppliers are learned once; scanning itself runs only fixed rules.
One structure for all variants
A product family has one structure and one flow (150 %). Steps, parts, pictures and text can depend on options, so the operator sees only what applies.
More than scanning
Confirmations, measurements with limits, waiting and test times such as curing or burn-in, photos, signatures and second-person checks.
Revisions under control
Product and process revisions (e.g. C/r1) with draft, release and expiry. A changed part is rolled up through everything it sits in and released at once.
The situation right now
A live start page with traffic lights per product, plan versus actual hour by hour, goals and stopped units – never figures per person.
Fits next to your ERP
Import articles and structure from the ERP, roles and permissions per company and site, export of all your data, and help built into every page.
Built on a few firm principles
- Log, never overwrite. Every scan is a new event. Replacing a part is recorded as removal plus a new mounting, so the history stays.
- Validate at the scan. That is where the quality gain is: the error is stopped before it is built in.
- Write once, filter per variant. A common step lives in one place and changes for every variant at once.
- Version everything that controls the build, and record which revision every unit was built to.
- The serial number follows the physical part, even when its article number changes – for example after programming.
- Built for many kinds of manufacturing and many companies, each seeing only its own data.
- Not a full MES and not an ERP. The ERP plans and prioritises; NoGaps shows, checks and traces.
See how it works
Five short videos (English).
Questions
Is NoGaps an MES?
Not a full MES. NoGaps does not plan or prioritise production; the ERP does that. NoGaps covers what happens at the station: instructions, checks at the scan and traceability.
Does NoGaps replace our ERP?
No. NoGaps is a complement to the ERP. Articles and structure can be imported from the ERP, so nothing has to be maintained in two places.
What equipment is needed?
A web browser on a computer, tablet or phone at the station, and a barcode scanner or the device's camera. Nothing has to be installed.
Can NoGaps handle many product variants?
Yes. A product family has one structure and one flow for all variants. Steps, parts, images and text can depend on options, so the operator only sees what applies to the unit being built.
Can other companies see our data?
No. Every row of data belongs to one company, and access is checked in the database itself. Each company can export all its data.
How do we get started?
NoGaps is in pilot and is opened to companies one at a time. Contact contact@nordicgate.se for a demo.
Closing the gaps in your production?
NoGaps is in pilot and is opened to manufacturing companies one at a time.