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FSWorks

by Symbrium · Since 1978
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Quick facts
VendorSymbrium
Year launched1978
StatusActive
Location100 Commerce Dr NE • Suite E Columbia, SC 29223
Countries servedGlobal
Languages5
Integrations1+
Free tierN/A
Free trialYES
Contact salesYES

About FSWorks

FSWorks is an OEE and SPC management and acquisition suite from Symbrium designed for quality, production, and enterprise insights. It combines statistical process control (SPC), company overview, leadership team, and customer testimonials so organizations can gain valuable insights into their operations. With over 40 years of refinement in demanding plant environments, FSWorks offers strong connectivity to support real-time data acquisition and reporting. This software ensures that users can effectively monitor performance metrics and implement quality control measures across their facilities. Key capabilities: statistical process control (SPC) company overview leadership team insights customer testimonials real-time data acquisition Best for: manufacturers and quality managers that need to improve operational efficiency and quality assurance processes.

FSWorks by Symbrium stands out as a mature, high-performance manufacturing software solution built specifically to meet the rigorous demands of real-time quality control and production monitoring. Designed over four decades and refined through continuous feedback from global industrial environments, FSWorks delivers robust Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) capabilities essential for modern manufacturing. At its core, the software empowers users—especially production operators, quality engineers, and plant managers—with real-time insights through intuitive graphical interfaces that display critical data trends such as control charts, histograms, and bar graphs. The interface is purposefully designed for immediate actionability, allowing shop floor operators to quickly spot deviations and initiate corrective actions, thereby fostering a culture of continuous improvement and rapid response. A major strength of FSWorks lies in its extensive SPC functionality. It supports a full range of charting and statistical analyses—Xbar-R, Pareto, histograms, and more—enabling operators and engineers to monitor, interpret, and act on process variability in real time.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • User-Friendly Interface: Easy to navigate and configure workstations to specific needs.
  • Efficient Program Management: Ability to copy programs simplifies setup across machines.
  • Strong Customer Support: Responsive and knowledgeable staff praised for resolving issues quickly.
  • IoT Integration: Enables automatic data collection across multiple process steps into a central database.
  • Process Data Analysis: Valuable for quality teams with built-in SPC and OEE tools.
  • Customizable Dashboards: Offers real-time visualization and tailored reporting for production metrics.
Cons
  • Tedious Image Setup: Uploading and configuring images from other workstations can be cumbersome.
  • Limited Program Renaming: Requires copying and deleting instead of direct renaming.
  • Spec Management Complexity: Validating control limits across machines can be time-consuming.
  • Manual File Handling: Lacks automatic file reading; users must write programs for file access.
  • No Supervisor Login Prompts: Missing automated login triggers for critical events.
  • Screen Overload: Some users find the interface cluttered during troubleshooting.

Features

Key features

Real-time Quality & Production Data Display

Provides immediate factory insights by showing quality and production data graphically and numerically as it's collected.

Statistical Process Control (SPC) Capabilities

Offers robust tools for SPC, enabling real-time monitoring of quality and trend analysis to prevent defects.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Dashboards

Displays key OEE metrics to measure and improve equipment performance, availability, and quality.

Limitless Connectivity & Data Acquisition

Integrates with a vast array of plant floor inputs, probes, gages, and devices for comprehensive data collection.

Full Customization of Reports & Alerts

Allows users to tailor quality and production reports, alerts, and statistics to meet exact operational needs.

Remote Accessibility

Enables viewing of live and historical data from any computer or tablet, on-site or remotely.

Additional features

Manufacturing Software Solutions

Provides solutions for quality, production, and enterprise insights in manufacturing.

Powerful SPC Dashboards

Displays Statistical Process Control (SPC) data.

Powerful OEE Dashboards

Displays Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) data.

Custom Factory Data Display

Shows a range of custom factory data.

Real-time Data Display

Presents quality and production data as it is collected.

Immediate Factory Insights

Provides instant understanding of factory performance.

Quality Analysis

Connects to tools for in-depth quality analysis.

Process Performance Insights

Offers insights into how processes are performing.

Compliance Reporting

Generates reports for compliance needs.

On-site or Remote Access (FS.Net)

Connects data for access wherever you are.

Limitless Integrations (Unmatched Connectivity)

Allows connections with key inputs on the plant floor from any device or input.

Fully Customizable Reports

Tailors quality and production reports to specific needs.

Customizable Alerts

Provides alerts as needed (e.g., email, text notifications to operators, engineers, plant managers).

Customizable Stats

Delivers custom statistical views.

Extremely Accessible

View live data on in-house monitors or from any computer or tablet.

Real-time KPIs

Provides key performance indicators in real time.

Production Tracking

Tracks production activities.

Traceability

Offers traceability features (e.g., tracking parts by serial number, lot, batch, or operator).

Trend Analysis (Live)

Allows for real-time analysis of trends.

Web Access (Internal and External)

Provides 24/7 visibility to product managers on product status and quality.

Data Collection

Collects large numbers of data points (e.g., over 500,000 data points daily).

Data Acquisition

Acquires data from probes, gages, and various equipment.

Custom Solution Building

Offers custom solutions tailored to operations, facilities, and processes.

Reduce Costs

Helps identify trends and predict defects to reduce scrap.

Increase Productivity

Enables preventative modifications to avoid unexpected downtime.

Stay Compliant

Produces product history records at each step with serialized tracking.

Detailed Trend Analysis

Automatically evaluates deviation trends to correct errors.

Analytics & Reports

Provides hundreds of SPC and OEE-related metrics for custom views and reports.

Export Data

Allows exporting recent and historical data in .csv or .xlsx formats.

Display Custom Real-time Stats

Enables displaying custom real-time statistics on monitors.

Drive ANDON Boards, Stack Lights

Can drive visual alerts on the factory floor.

Manipulate Workstations, Tweak Settings

Allows control over workstations and settings with a click.

Connect Workstations, Lines, Plants (FS.Net)

Provides an enterprise-wide view of production analytics.

Workstation-level Data Entry

Allows data entry at the workstation level.

OPC Data Collection

Collects data via OPC.

Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)

Supports corrective actions in SPC.

Point-of-Production Analysis

Provides analysis at the point of production.

Real-time Notifications

Sends notifications in real time.

Audit Trail

Maintains an audit trail of changes and actions.

Data Entry Methods

Supports manual data entry (keyboard/touchscreen), probes, fixtures, gauges, serial ports, virtual ports (files), ODBC, and OPC.

Machine/Work Center Efficiency Monitoring

Records machine up/down, run/idle times, and part counters.

User Configured Alarms

Allows users to set up custom alarms.

Charts and Reports

Generates various SPC charts (Xbar, R, Pareto, Sigma, Histogram, Individuals, Moving Average, Cumulative Sum, C-Chart, P-Chart) and comprehensive reports (Summary, Process Overview, Production History).

GR&R (Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility)

Supports GR&R studies.

Erroneous Data Detection

Detects erroneous data entries.

Configurable Data Entry Screen

Allows users to easily configure data entry screens with real-time bar graphs and numeric readings.

Image Integration

Allows including pictures of parts on data entry screens.

Attribute Data Entry

Supports entry of attribute data like Go/No Go and specific defects.

Spec Management

Manages specifications (POMF groups).

Upload/Download/Copy Specs

Facilitates managing specification files.

User-defined Programs

Allows executing user programs based on events.

Switches and Timers

Utilizes internal logic triggering with switches and timers.

Pricing

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Countries & Languages

Global
Countries served
5
Interface languages
9
Billing currencies

Interface languages

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