This article is part of our CloudSuite Industrial Feature Focus series.
When manufacturers evaluate shop floor and warehouse mobility solutions, they're often trying to solve a common problem: how to capture accurate, real-time information without relying on paper, spreadsheets, or delayed data entry.
That's where Infor Factory Track comes in.
Factory Track is a mobility solution for Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI) that connects operators, warehouse personnel, and supervisors directly to the ERP system. Instead of waiting for information to be entered at the end of a shift—or worse, relying on handwritten notes—Factory Track allows users to report labor, track inventory, scan barcodes, and perform warehouse transactions as work happens.
In this Feature Focus article, we're looking at Factory Track as a whole and highlighting six key capabilities that help manufacturers improve visibility, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
Here's what we're focusing on today:
- Module: Factory Track
- Product: Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI)
- Focus: Shop Floor & Warehouse Mobility
Factory Track Overview
Factory Track extends CloudSuite Industrial beyond the desktop by providing mobile and touch-screen interfaces for production and warehouse activities. The solution allows employees to interact directly with CSI through handheld devices, kiosks, tablets, and workstations located throughout the facility.
By capturing information at the source, Factory Track helps manufacturers:
- Improve inventory accuracy
- Reduce manual data entry
- Increase labor visibility
- Eliminate paper-based processes
- Provide real-time production status updates
- Support mobile warehouse operations
- Improve scheduling and planning accuracy
The result is a more connected manufacturing operation where decisions are based on current information rather than yesterday's reports.
The Six Core Factory Track Features
1. Warehouse Mobility
Warehouse Mobility gives inventory and warehouse personnel direct access to CSI through handheld devices. Rather than returning to a workstation to enter transactions, employees can perform inventory activities wherever work is taking place.
Common warehouse mobility transactions include:
- Material issues
- Material receipts
- Inventory transfers
- Location movements
- Picking activities
- Put-away transactions
- Inventory inquiries
By bringing ERP functionality directly to the warehouse floor, manufacturers can improve transaction accuracy while significantly reducing delays between physical activity and system updates.
Learn more about Warehouse Mobility in Factory Track.
2. Shop Floor Data Collection
Shop Floor Data Collection enables operators to report production activity directly into CSI as work is performed.
Instead of relying on paper travelers or manual reporting processes, employees can record job status, quantities completed, material usage, and production progress in real time.
This provides supervisors and planners with immediate visibility into what's happening on the production floor while improving the accuracy of production reporting and job costing.
For many manufacturers, Shop Floor Data Collection serves as the foundation for achieving real-time operational visibility.
Learn more about Shop Floor Data Collection in Factory Track.
3. Labor Collection
Labor Collection allows manufacturers to track employee labor against jobs, operations, and work centers.
Employees can clock into and out of production activities, providing actual labor data that flows directly into CSI.
Benefits include:
- Improved job costing accuracy
- Actual versus standard labor comparisons
- Enhanced scheduling accuracy
- Better labor utilization reporting
- Improved production performance analysis
Capturing labor in real time helps manufacturers understand where time is being spent and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Learn more about Labor Collection in Factory Track.
4. Barcode Scanning
Barcode Scanning serves as a key enabling technology throughout Factory Track.
Rather than manually entering item numbers, job numbers, locations, or serial numbers, users can scan barcodes to complete transactions quickly and accurately.
Barcode scanning helps manufacturers:
- Reduce data entry errors
- Increase transaction speed
- Improve inventory accuracy
- Simplify employee training
- Support high-volume warehouse operations
Even small improvements in transaction accuracy can create significant operational benefits over time, especially for manufacturers managing large inventories.
Learn more about Barcode Scanning in Factory Track.
5. Mobile Cycle Counting
Maintaining inventory accuracy is critical for planning, scheduling, purchasing, and customer service.
Mobile Cycle Counting allows inventory personnel to perform counts using handheld devices and update CSI immediately.
Instead of relying on printed count sheets and later data entry, counts are performed and recorded directly within the system.
This helps manufacturers:
- Increase inventory accuracy
- Reduce counting time
- Eliminate duplicate data entry
- Support continuous counting programs
- Minimize disruption to operations
Many organizations find that mobile cycle counting helps maintain inventory integrity without requiring large-scale physical inventory shutdowns.
Learn more about Mobile Cycle Counting in Factory Track.
6. Time & Attendance
Time & Attendance helps manufacturers track employee attendance and workforce activity through Factory Track.
Employees can record attendance events directly through kiosks or mobile devices, creating a streamlined process for workforce management.
Key benefits include:
- Improved attendance visibility
- Reduced manual tracking
- Accurate employee time records
- Better workforce reporting
- Support for payroll and labor management processes
When combined with labor collection, Time & Attendance provides a more complete picture of workforce performance and resource utilization.
Learn more about Time and Attendance in Factory Track.
Why Manufacturers Invest in Factory Track
While each Factory Track feature delivers value individually, the real benefit comes from combining them into a single integrated mobility platform.
Manufacturers often implement Factory Track to achieve:
- Real-time operational visibility
- Improved inventory accuracy
- Better labor reporting
- Reduced paperwork
- Faster transaction processing
- More accurate scheduling inputs
- Improved employee productivity
Because Factory Track is fully integrated with CloudSuite Industrial, information captured through mobile devices immediately becomes available throughout the ERP system. This creates a more connected operation where planning, scheduling, costing, inventory management, and production reporting are all working from the same data.
See Factory Track in Action
If you're evaluating ways to improve shop floor visibility, warehouse efficiency, or inventory accuracy, Factory Track provides a practical way to extend CloudSuite Industrial directly to the people performing the work.
Watch the five-minute micro demo below.
Related Factory Track Resources
Want to learn more about specific Factory Track capabilities?
- Shop Floor Data Collection
- Labor Collection
- Barcode Scanning
- Mobile Cycle Counting
- Time & Attendance
- Warehouse Mobility
Want to explore more about CSI’s real-time production tracking? Let’s talk.
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