FLEX provides a role-based user interface, new features and new development tools to manage FLEX applications in an independent and flexible way

These new features answer to IT managers and IT operators' needs in terms of:

• better data access and visibility
• system's real-time updating and interactivity
• system's configurability, customization, personalization, flexibility and proactivity.

Here below the main role-based features and tools available in FLEX suite:

Role-based Configuration Tools:

• Multicomponent applications with multiple windows and tabs
  The graphic layout can be customized by user/group of users through a drag & drop feature. It provides a multi-window and multi-tab pannel to display different applications on the same window and easily switch from one to another. This, increasing the level of usability for the final user. It is therefore possible to manage Role-based applications, by displaying, on the same workarea, all the applications and information useful for a specific company role.

• Start menu to be configured according to business roles:
  New start application including multi-component dashboards that can be easily customized for each company role.

• Configurable Dashboards:
  Special multi-component applications that the user can easily compose applicazioni multi-componente che l'utente può comporre liberamente attingendo da una tavolozza di componenti predefiniti e da una tavolozza di sincronizzatori predefiniti, la composizione della dashboard può essere specializzata per utente o per gruppi di utenti (ruoli)

Data Analysis & Display Tools:

• Palette of Default components:
  FLEX provides a set of default components to personalize your own operational dashboard by assemblying the information, applications and data needed for each single role. Among the available default components, there are:
  • application menu (pannel view, tree view)
  • web browser component to display information and data directly from a specific website
  • text area
  • free queries, tree-table queries
  • pivot tables
  • charts (histograms, pies, lines ...) with drill-down features
  • single-value KPIs (dial, gauge, pila fogli, ...) with drill-down features
  • list of favourite applications

• Palette of Default synchonization components:
  it is possible to configure a synchronization rule (such as data refresh time, sinchronization of realted detailed data, display of attached files, etc) and to apply it to a single component.

Application Development Tools:

• possibility to extend the standard applications using the same dashboard template
• possibility to configure software application and components' display and behaviour features

FLEX SCC enables a better sharing of data and information with the company partners and offers the following advantages:

• Better proactivity and reaction to inconveniences and changements in the day-by-day activity
• Cost reduction for third-parts management thanks to a shared database
• Better customer service and improvement of company reputation among customers, thanks to the publication of real-time information
• Thanks to Web configuration tools, the data are available to non-conventional users, therefore improving the information flow inside the company

Main features:

The FLEX Advanced Dashboards provide performance analysis features to easily and interactively analyze data stored in the FLEX database and therefore evaluate the performance of your company's operational processes (planning, production, sales, purchase, logistics, costs).

	Role-based Dashboards: it's a virtual desktop with a set of configurable dashboards and components where the user can find all the data and information he needs for his role, such as: contextual data display in a table or graphically alerts for emergency issues a set of  KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) or each specific business role (ex. the Overall Equipment Effectiveness - OEE)
	Simulative KPIs for Planning: the FLEX APS solution provides simulative KPIs for scenario analysis that help decision making process. The user can check the impact of each scenario on specific KPIs related to production or economical dimensions.
	Roles management and Customization features: Configuration features to manage and modify user roles. Features to create new customized KPIs or dashboards, according to the needs.

Main features:

The FLEX Advanced Dashboards provide performance analysis features to easily and interactively analyze data stored in the FLEX database and therefore evaluate the performance of your company's operational processes (planning, production, sales, purchase, logistics, costs).

	Role-based Dashboards: it's a virtual desktop with a set of configurable dashboards and components where the user can find all the data and information he needs for his role, such as: contextual data display in a table or graphically alerts for emergency issues a set of  KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) or each specific business role (ex. the Overall Equipment Effectiveness - OEE)
	Simulative KPIs for Planning: the FLEX APS solution provides simulative KPIs for scenario analysis that help decision making process. The user can check the impact of each scenario on specific KPIs related to production or economical dimensions.
	Roles management and Customization features: Configuration features to manage and modify user roles. Features to create new customized KPIs or dashboards, according to the needs.

FLEX OPM is a complete solution which includes all features for Operations Management in a manufacturing company

Unique

FLEX OPM (Operations Management) includes features to manage all main operational business processes of a manufacturing company, also called "Operations".
By providing features for design, sales, purchase, logistics and costs management, the FLEX OpM solution integrates the planning & scheduling and Manufacturing execution processes, already managed by the FLEX APS and MES solutions.

MODELLO SCOR®

The FLEX OPM solution has been conceived for “To Order” companies (ETO, MTO, ATO, FTO) and is compliant with the SCOR Model® (Supply Chain Operations Reference) by the Supply Chain Council (SCC).

According to this Model, in fact, the J-Flex OPM features support the main Supply Chain processes: Plan, Source, Make, Deliver e Return.

Scalable

The FLEX solutions has a modular and scalable architecture and can manage all business operational processes (from product design to purchase management, logistics, costs).
It is highly configurable (in terms of database and framework) and can be customized according to the customer's needs.
It can also be easily integrated with third-part APS systems and with the company existing ERP (such as SAP, JDEdwards, Baan, Microsoft Dynamics, etc).

Focused

FLEX OPM integrates the FLEX APS and FLEX MES solutions and it, therefore, is focused on manufacturing operational processes and "To Order" manufacturing processes (ETO, FTO, ATO, MTO).