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TIMER PRO PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
V21.7.30.2025
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8/25/2025Video Time StudyA face blurring option is now integrated into Timer Pro in response to privacy concerns. Recommended process to implement is to compress the source video to reduce the size of the file, and then blur the video. The time required to blur the video will be reduced by the same amount of compression size reduction.V22.10.24.20253. Video Time and Motion
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8/22/2025AI Video Time Study and BalanceArtificial Intelligence (AI) added the ability to update AI results with links to video from Timer Pro to allow direct playback from AI results. This feature is unique to Timer Pro and adds significant value to the AI analysis when users can see actual videos of the activities under review. All this is performed client side. The AI results are returned as HTML. Timer Pro is able to identify activity times in the HTML and look up the source data files and replace the times with Hyperlinks in the HTML. Timer Pro then extracts the video content being refenced, and stores the clip for immediate playback. No other measurement or continuous improvement tool offers this featureV22.10.24.20253. Video Time and Motion / 4. Balance
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8/22/2025AI Video Time Study and BalanceArtificial Intelligence (AI) added the ability to store and retrieve recent queries by study. If a user opens an AI query result from say 6 weeks ago that query immediately becomes the most recent reviewed. Useful to allow users to easily locate the studies they are most active with.V22.10.24.20253. Video Time and Motion / 4. Balance
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8/21/2025AI Video Time Study and BalanceArtificial Intelligence (AI) added saving of AI conversation client side i.e. on the local users PC's. Results can be recalled for later review at the users convenience. All data related to AI use - whether it be requests or AI's responses is deleted after 24 hours. However you still have a complete history on your PC for your reference and further use.V22.10.24.20253. Video Time and Motion / 4. Balance
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8/8/2025AI Video Time Study and BalanceArtificial Intelligence (AI) summarization added into both Video Time Study and Balance Modules. Data from studies in these modules is passed to AI for analysis and reporting. All reporting is client side.V22.10.24.20253. Video Time and Motion / 4. Balance
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7/30/2025Video Time StudyAbility to add a Manual time entry directly into a video time study. Requested due to long activities or machine times where an actual video adds little value.V21.7.30.20253. Video Time and Motion
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7/2/2025Video Time StudyAdd to Last update to handle multiple contiguous mixed interruption situations during a time studyV21.7.2.20253. Video Time and Motion
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6/18/2025Application InstallationMicrosoft released an upgrade disabling the automatic running of VB Script during product installations. This applies to all programs - not just Timer Pro. This required an update to the installation package of Timer Pro we had been using for many years. The impact is that upon installation of Timer Pro you are no longer prompted to enter your installation key during the installation process. You now are prompted to enter the installation key at the end of the installation process.Technical update
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6/9/2025BalanceIntroduced 100% encrypted Savings and Improvement cloud-based repository for clients to store and report on the results of their continuous improvement projects. The unique feature is that each client's IT team provides the unique encryption key to be used on their data. As the host of the repository neither we, nor anyone else can access your data as there is no way to know the key that you are using. Upon access you are given the opportunity to paste your repository key. The key is never saved so only you control access to your data uploaded from the Saving and Improvement reports you develop locally. The repository provides detailed reports and summarizations of any number of projects. AI is available to further summarize your results.4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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5/28/2025BalanceMajor rewrite of loading improvements from balance to Excel reduce processing time by a factor of around 50 making entire module more user friendlyV21.5.28.20252. Engineered Savings from Video Analysis - Presenatioon section at the top
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5/7/2025Tablet PC Time StudyAllowed the addition of long descriptions to allow clients to fully describe the activity being performed.xx to be added
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5/1/2025BalanceFixed issue where users were unable to manually add multiple model balances. Option had mistakenly been hidden in a previous update thereby forcing multi-model line balances to be added via Excel only.4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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4/21/2025Video Time StudyBy clicking on the label at the top on the activity descritption column in the video time study all data in the study is presented by activity from shortest to the longest. This makes it easy to identify outliers that can be easily tagged to be suppressed from the time study summary. A drop down selection allows you to enter the standard deviation you wish to examine the data against. Developed based on client requests for a way to quickly isolate the effect of outliers on their standard times.3. Video Time and Motion
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3/25/2025Video Time StudyAdded "Highlight Reel" option to Data Collection - similar to sport event coverage, where you can isolate specifc events in a process and add your own audio narration and supporting notations to support your presentation of improvement opportunities.3. Video Time and Motion
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2/14/2025Video Time StudyImprovements defined in Video Time Studies can be passed to Balance module for further processing and reporting.V21.2.14.20253. Video Time and Motion
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2/11/2025Video Time StudyAdded "Improvements" option to the Data Collection" ribbon to allow the capture of improvement opportunities during video analysis. The option recognizes whether the users is in one of the 4 continuous improvement modes i.e. Lean, Kaizen, SMED or 5S and presents the appropriate standard selection to support the process.3. Video Time and Motion
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1/24/2025BalanceSimplied the entry of rejection reasons and allowed the same reason to be applied to all selected items selected for rejection e.g. "Management said no."V21.1.24.20253. Video Time and Motion
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11/27/2024BalanceAdded "Approve / Reject Savings" to the "Savings and Filter" option in the "Home" ribbon. Dramatically simplifies the processing of saving suggestions to support Lean, Kaizen, SMED and other continuous improvement initiatives.4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/22/2024Recommeded Storage SolutionWe recommend the use of SharePoint and OneDrive to minimize resource utilization for file storage and the ability to easily share data with any number of users in a corporate environment. Watch the video listed here for an aoverviewhttps://www.acsco.com/webrecordings/V20/UsingOneDriveAndSharepointToMinimizeStorageRequirements.mp4
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11/21/2024BalanceExtended yamazumi to bitmap image to all value added, non-value added and required non-value added combination views under the "Savings and Filter" options in the "Home" ribbon. This enables wall charts to be easily produced to suppot lean, kaizen, SMED and othe continuous improvement initiatives. 4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/15/2024BalanceDuring lean, kaizen, SMED and other continuous improvement events involving long cycle work, clients highlighted difficulty in reviewing and documenting saving opportunities. The request was for a greatly simplified method. This was implemented via an Export to Excel and a customized template to play back video content by activity and let users enter estimated times and document their ideas. The edited content can then be easily imported back into the source balance file where all data placed in the required fields automatically. 2. Engineered Savings from Video Analysis - Presenatioon section at the top
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11/5/2025BalanceYamazumi chart instantly sent to a sizeable bitmap for full size wall presentations during lean, kaizen and SMED events for review with teams of operators to identify improvement opportunities. Excel based output was not readable when charts were large, long descriptions were truncated and navigation on screen was difficult. Sending the data directly to a bitmap addresses all these issues.4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/5/2024User Training - AI ChatbotThere are over 500 videos in our training video library covering every feature of Timer Pro. A concern was noted that due to the number of videos finding videos for a specific feature was time consuming. A transcription of every video in the library was generated and fed into an AI chatbot now integrated into our website www.acsco.com. As a result,all visitors to the website are able to ask questions, quickly locate videos for specific features and learn more about the use of the package. www.acsco.com
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10/16/2024User TrainingClient surveys indicated that offering training sessions at fixed times every week was not optimum to end user actually attending. As a result we implemented On-Demand user training. This training is available online 24/7 and is accessible to all clients and those with evaluation copies of Timer Pro. Each training session is accompanied by detailed notes. The video can be reviewed online or downloaded. There is also a downloadable transcript of each session. . If the user cannot complete the session in one sitting, they can flag the session as "In Process" and enter the point in the video they had reached when they paused. Upon return to the training portal they will be taken directly to that point in the video to continue their training where they left off.www.acsco.com/training
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9/23/2024Video Time StudyUpdated video compression routines to batter handle H.265.and HEVC file types based on new GoPro model updates3. Video Time and Motion
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8/20/2024Video Time StudyWith the compression routines now included in Timer Pro clients were wish to concatenate multiple file sources to create more content in one vide. The existing GoPro utility to concatenate videos was changed to a generic format that allows and MP4 vides, in any sequence to be concatenated into one larger video. If the videos all came from the same recording device with the same video parameters, the concatenation is performed in seconds. If files are from cameras with different settings the new video will have to be encoded.V20.8.20.20243. Video Time and Motion
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7/25/0204Balance - AutomationSensitivity added to automation modeling. This allows you to set modeling parameters that will automatically be run for a whole series of values. This allows you to view and examine the sensitivity of results to changes in selected values. This is ideal for identifying critical values that may undermine the automation scenarios you are investigating before expenditures are made.
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7/18/2024Video Time StudyAdded utility to allow users to rotate videos. Timer Pro is not a video editor but many clients using recoding videos that when loaded to Timer Pro would come up with the video orientation incorrect. This was especially an issue when videos were taken on a smartphone. The number of requests, prompted us to use FFMpeg to offer the rotation capability direct in Timer Pro. The option can be found in Video Timer Pro in the Toolbox ribbon, in the Timer Pro Utilities option. Please note that rotating video does require the video to be encoded again so it can take time.3. Video Time and Motion
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6/22/2024Video Time StudyMoved compressed temporary files from user folder to public folder to address Microsoft security changeV20.6/27/20243. Video Time and Motion
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6/15/2024Video Time StudyAt clients request added the ability to add manual times directly into a video time study. The times are enters as hour, minute and second values. 3. Video Time and Motion
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6/5/2024Timer Pro Web ServicesAdded production manifest to support faster presentation of user data in browser presenting the Web Services content.7. Timer Pro Web Service and Digitial Standard Work
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5/28/2024Balance - AutomationAdded machine learning capabilities to automation to support rapid user application and guide user actions to minimize user errors V20.5/28/2024
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5/22/2024Tablet PC Time StudyIntegrated into float distribition to allow sharing using float licenses
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5/3/2024BalanceFine video adjustment performance improvements by using updated FFMpeg component. 4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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4/30/2024Balance - AutomationReflected real time changes made by user in the Held activity listing V20.4/30/2024
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4/3/2024BalanceUpdated Utilization calculations V20.3.25.20244. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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3/22/2024Balance - AutomationIntegrated Video Timer Pro to feed directly into automation when "Use Average in Preview" and "Subjects as Station" are checked and "Time Preview" is selectedV20.3.25.20243. Video Time and Motion
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3/9/2024Balance - AutomationConveyor belt handling added to automation modeling
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2/23/2024Version 20 ReleasedV20.2.23.2024
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2/22/2024Balance - AutomationAutomation integrated into Timer Pro Web Services to track the number of times shared model results are viewed via the web by the receiving parties.
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2/14/2024BalanceAutomation models require 3 cycles to deliver answers for any process. Previously users had to manually define links for all three cycles. This update allows the links to be applied to the first cycle then an "Apply Links" selection instantly applies the same links to the 2nd and third cycle. What used to take 10 minutes is now done in 2 minutes
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2/2/2024BalanceAdded shaded chips to the automation model representing already linked activities to dramatically improve the visibility of where links have been applied. Activities with links are shown in white to leave only the unlinked activities available for selection. This feature was created based upon initial client feedback
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1/23/2024BalanceNew Labor and Setup Report added to Reports menu. Allows users to better isolate setup and run times for planning and staffing5. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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12/12/2023Standard Work InstructsionsUses Timer Pro Web Services integration to replace video links in excel based standard work with URL's. This will allow users to use the video extracts directly in their reports rather than the original video content. The savings in storage space will be over 95%.7. Timer Pro Web Service and Digitial Standard Work
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12/7/2023BalanceAutomation sharing integrated in to Timer Pro Web Services. Aotomatically creates a summary report package to be shared with internal parties or, for system integrators with their potential customers. No user of company identifiable data is used in data sharing to strengthen application security.7. Automation, Robotic and Man-Machine Modeling and Analysis
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11/20/2023Excel Time Study ProcessingComplex rating changes support added. Result of a client wishing to change performance rating of and activity in the same observation e.g. in a 5 minute activity the operator worked at 80% for the first 2 minutes and then picked up the pace to 95% for the remain 3 minutes. This was not supported before.
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11/4/2024Registration After moving to a new CRM system (Hubspot) integration of all existing licensing support routines completed and released. This major effort results in simplified product registrations and reviews. V19.11.4.2023
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9/11/2023Balance Results, Gantt and training reports added to Automation5. Automation, Robotic and Man-Machine Modeling and Analysis
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8/14/2023BalanceInitial build of automation capabilities. New Automation ribbon added to Balance
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5/15/2023Timer Pro Web ServicesAdded Digital Standard Work Data Bridge capability to interface with different platforms e.g. AWS and various manufacturing related package e.g. ERP, MES, EWI, AR and LMS. The applications can launch Timer Pro Web Services in its own browser component. Works with any application that can accept a URL for display purposes.V19.5.15.20237. Timer Pro Web Service and Digitial Standard Work
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4/23/2023Video Time Study Added initial support of the Retrocausal AI Time Study application 3. Video Time and Motion
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4/17/2023Video Timer Pro Added an additional FFMPeg component to support difference in MP4 files surface by initial users. If one compression does not work a single click gives users access to the alternate component.3. Video Time and Motion
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4/10/2023Video Timer Pro Added the ability to automatically assign cycles to completed video time studies so that users can easily review cycle time distributions. When this option is activated users can send data directly to balance for instant review of data for each cycle. 3. Video Time and Motion
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4/7/2023BalanceAdded ability to Transform a balance with Groupings into a standard balance i.e. each grouping becomes a single activity. This came from client requests to make their process improvements at a higher level.4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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3/29/2003BalanceCompression added to balance to allow legacy video content already used in studies to be compressed with the same 80-90% reduction in file size found in preprocessing the MP4 videos4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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3/20/2023Video Timer ProAdded video compression into the file options to encourage clients to compress their MP4 videos before using them in the video module. Compression rates of 80-90% of file size results in no noticeable loss of video quality. 3. Video Time and Motion
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2/27/2023Observation Based Time StudyFully integrated web services support into core master excel template
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2/22/2023Video Timer Pro Implemented histograms to visually show the distribution of AI based time study observations, Gave ability to mass suppress observation highlighted by user. 3. Video Time and Motion
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2/16/2023Video Timer Pro Created a data bridge to Optimo AI based Time Study to import observation data directly into Timer Pro to replace manual time study. This gives Optimo and other AI Time Study applications direct access to all of Timer Pro's capabilities. 3. Video Time and Motion
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1/23/2023Line BalanceImplemented precedence on grouped activities4. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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12/8/2022Entire ProductUpdate published to website for client downloadV19.12.8.2022
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12/2/2022BalanceUpdated all Balance reports to reflect the inclusion of frequency by activity.6. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/30/2022BalanceAdded frequency field by individual activity to allow clients to correctly present the effect of multiple parts by activity on the time shown in the Balance chart 6. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/17/2022BalanceExport and Import grouping data (including your predefined colors by grouping) to allow clients to use the same standard groupings in many or all of their processes6. Line Balancing and Lean Process Analysis
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11/4/2022Video Timer ProAdded histogram display by activity to present activity times around a normal curve to support the rapid identification and suppression of statistical outliers5. Video Time and Motion
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10/31/2022Balance Integrated notes from Excel manual loads into balance studies. Added notes to reporting designs
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9/26/2022QuickTimes MTM-1 based QuickTimes module updated to tighten integration with Balance module and resulting reporting to support client requests
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9/22/2022Digital Standard WorkGrouping presentation layer added to web emulation to allow clients to demonstate to their company how their work would look if presented in a browser using Timer Pro Web Services
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8/25/2022Digital Standard WorkTPWS manifest updated to support presenting specific sections of a grouping video depending upon the activity and allow navigation,
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8/18/2022Video Timer ProNew Video Time Study summary allows the entry of an activity specific frequency on the summary screen. That frequency is carried forward throughout the entire product.
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7/12/2022Entire ProductVersion 19 available. Update published to website for client downloadV19.7.12.2022
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6/24/2022Entire ProductImplemented Digicert signing of entire application to assist in meeting clients IT concerns re security ahead of Version 19 introduction
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6/21/2022Digital Standard WorkEmulation mode added. Upon creation of digital standard work users can now preview what it will look like in Timer Pro Web Services. Major enhancement as it shows exactly what Web Services can deliver via the web before IT get involved.V18.6.8.2022
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6/10/2022Line BalanceAdded Ergonomic Health Risk Assessment. Allows users to set a value to light, moderate and severe classifications to enable the quantification of ergonomic risks by station. Summary report displays data in station sequence and then in severity sequence so it draws attention the task with the most ergonomic issues first
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5/19/2022Vide Timer ProAbility to define and use "Action" words in adding descriptive text. Based on sample seen at clients who use standard text to describe their operations
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5/11/2022Digital Standard WorkNew option to only digitize the work instruction worksheet and allow users to create "as required" video content to be presented to end users. Many users have long processes and automatically creating a video clip for every step is not required e.f. "walkto bench". This feature allows users to focus their attention on key points in the process and quickly develop video content just for those areas. Ability to at audio, hyperlinks and supporting documents also provided.7. Automation, Robotic and Man-Machine Modeling and Analysis
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4/21/2022Work InstructionsAdded Data.Note option to work instruction design to automatically add users "Notes" to the Excel and digital content
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4/18/2022Digital Standard Work Added option to simplify the addition of audio and hyperlinks to Storyboard content, Instead of processing in Excel can now add directly in the digital content
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4/6/2022Digital Standard WorkAdded option to process legacy standard work for all clients. Even clients who have work instructions developed in Timer Pro many years ago can now automatically digitize them and present them via the web using Timer Pro Web Services.
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3/10/2022Video Timer ProAdded GoPro Utility to toolbox to allow the fast concatenation of multiple sequential GoPro Videos into one
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3/2/2022Digital Standard WorkAdded republish to easily process changes made to Excel work instructions and update the corresponding digital standard work
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2/4/2022Line BalanceAdded "Backfill to Mark" option to Mark processing to handle when a user wanted to add space from a previous mark to a new point in the processV18.2.4.2022
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1/10/2022Digital Standard WorkAllow creation of a scrolling work instruction video - allows the user to add audio to a work instruction since audio cannot be added to image file in web services
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11/24/2021Video Timer Pro and BalanceSimplified the addition of your own audio to video clips. V18.11.24.2021
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11/17/2021Video Timer Pro and Work InstructionsAdded options to send data directly to work instructions directly from video time study area - bypassing the line balance. Will allow user who mainly use video time study to easily generate work instructions from their studies.
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11/8/2021Work InstructionsAbility to have page numbers automatically added to custom deigns
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10/27/2021Time Study Module/Time Study Web ServicesLaunched web based, self time study and sampling option for office staff and work from home employees. Links to web based data collection integrated into Main Menu of the Time Study Module
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9/22/2021Line BalanceGrouping Breakouts automatically digitized
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9/8/2021Video Timer Pro and BalanceEnhanced Autosave function. Presents the most recent autosaves first and allows the user to delete specific daily folders plus all folders after a user selectable x months to better manage their archives
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8/26/2021Time Study ModuleAdded work sampling to time study on windows tablet
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8/12/2021Work InstructionsAutomatically digitized work instruction summary sheets
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8/3/2021Line BalanceAdded ability to add precedence on grouping of activities to greatly simplify line balances of large processV18.8.3.2021
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5/11/2021Mainmenu and Reporting in Excel Based time studyAdded support for new web based time study under development. Any template with install data of 5/11/2021 will have the ability to use web based time studyV18.5.24.2021
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5/10/2021Work InstructionsAdded Info capability to video time study, balance and by station in balance. Allows user to add additional process related data. Updated Work instructions to allow the use of any of the info fields in a work instruction to greatly improve the information that can be incorporated into the standard work.
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4/8/2021Balance/Video Time StudyAdded browse capability so that named clipboards can be saved and recalled from any folder
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3/18/2021Reporting in Excel Based time studyAdded activity rollup to standard reporting
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3/2/2021BalanceWhere Used and Mass Update capabilities added to balances. Ability to isolate line balances under folder structures and find all occurrence of specific, text, times and videos. Content in the balances matching the user defined parameters can then be mass updated to new values. Detailed Excel reports of all changes made are generated to give users the opportunities to select the changes to be moved to production. V17.3.2.20216. Line Balance. Where used and mass updating
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2/12/2021StoryboardsSupport added to capture videos attached to a worksheet via hyperlinks. This option was created when a client wanted to add a single video to an operation instead of a listing of all videos in the operation by individual activities. The feature in Timer Pro that allows new "segment" videos to be created from the Video Training option or Video from Grouping makes this an ideal feature. Users use the standard Excel Hyperlink feature and must use the word "video" in the Text to Display description of the hyperlink. Only MP4 files can be attached as MP4 files are one of the few video formats that will stream automatically to the latest browsers.V17.2.18.2021