Office staff can spend more time on productive work rather than repetitive tasks such as entering day sheets. In Progress information With non Real-Time systems W.I.P information can be a day or more out of date. Bottlenecks in production can be spotted and acted on as they appear. Low performers and trainees can be monitored from the supervisors office saving the need to stand by the operator. The system 'knows' the position of every bundle in the factory and who claimed each bundle at each stage.
Supervisors can find out who did what and when without having to find the actual work ticket.
Quality control will also be improved. The Real-Time system monitors repairs, seconds and rejects at each stage in production. Increasingly clothing manufacturers today are working with tighter and tighter delivery schedules. The manufacturers that succeed will be those who can consistently deliver on time. Many factories find that they have orders still on line that they need to deliver today.