Mobile applications in the industrial sector: Development and evaluation of a solution to support data registry for the planning and production control

Abstract

The evolution of technologies, coupled with the constant and fast growth of mobile communication network structures, has promoted the development of technological solutions in different business sectors, particularly in the areas of industrial production. To help the companies with becoming and/or remaining more competitive, management and production planning requires more and more prompt and effective decisions, in order to increase the productivity and reduce the production costs. This work presents a mobile application, developed for an Android system that was implemented and tested in a Portuguese company. This application allows the recording and storage of data, with the main objective of supporting production planning and control. In addition to the development, implementation and testing of the application, a study of the usability impact of the application by the company was also made, not only in terms of production process optimization as well as the feasibility of its use by human resources.