Andon board for your shop floor

Everyone in the hall sees which machine is down, why, and whether help is on the way, without asking around. Dextrolab puts every machine live on a TV, straight from the machines' controls.

See the example boardBook a demo
A TV hung over the aisle of a machine hall, showing every machine with its good parts against the goal, and below it the tablets at the machines.
On the board

How the shift goes, at a glance

At the top, the shift's good parts against the goal, and its OEE and utilisation against the shift before. Below, a tile for every machine. Its top says whether it runs or stands, why and for how long. Its colour below says whether it keeps up with its goal, in green, amber or red.

The andon board of an example plant, with the shift's good parts, OEE and utilisation at the top and a tile per machine, how it stands, why and for how long across its top, and below it how far ahead or behind its goal, in green, amber or red.
Calls for help

Help on its way, and everyone sees it

A machine is down. The operator calls for help at the machine, and the board shows the call and whether someone is on the way.

  • Asked at the machine

    From the tablet, without going to look for someone.

  • Straight to who can help

    Maintenance and managers get it by e-mail.

  • On the board for everyone

    Which machine called, and since when.

  • Nobody goes twice

    The board shows when someone is on the way.

Part of the andon board with a machine down and someone on the way, beside a machine waiting for material and two others.
Every machine

Up to 24 machines on one screen

Each one stays readable from a few metres away, so nobody walks up to the TV to read it.

  • More machines, more pages

    Past 24, the board turns a page every 15 seconds by itself.

  • A board per hall

    Show the whole plant on a TV, or one hall or group.

  • As many TVs as you like

    Every plan includes unlimited screens.

Setting up

On screen in a few minutes

A TV with a web browser, or any TV with a stick or mini PC on its HDMI port.

1

Open the board's address on the TV

In its browser, or on a stick or mini PC.

2

The TV shows a code

Eight characters, large on the screen.

3

Enter the code in Dextrolab

Choose the whole plant or one group, and it shows.

Questions

What shops ask about an andon board

Another question? Our team answers at contact@dextrolab.com.

A large screen on the shop floor that shows which machine needs attention, so whoever is nearest sees it and acts. It comes from the Toyota Production System, where the andon, which Toyota calls a problem display board, lights up when equipment stops. The word is Japanese for a paper lantern.

A TV with a web browser, or any TV with a stick or mini PC on its HDMI port. On a TV that stays on all day, a stick or mini PC keeps the board on screen more reliably.

No. Every plan includes as many screens as you like. The TV itself is your own.

Yes. Anyone signed in opens the same board in their browser, on a laptop or a phone.

Your plant's language, Dutch or English. Your machine names and stop reasons stay as you wrote them.

The board says so, and picks up again by itself once the connection is back.