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June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025

v1.432.3

New features

  • Bulk batch import - A convenient way for users to paste planning directly into the application instead of importing an Excel batch import sheet.

Users can find the ‘bulk create’ toggle in the ‘create batch’ interface and activate it.

In this new view, data can be copied and pasted from Excel or typed in.

Batch activity log - Pending activities will display a N/A (Not Applicable) status instead of defaulting to Pass.

Improvements

  • Andon page
    • Added “Requested role” column to the Andon table.

Bug fixes

  • Sensor settings
    • Shows rollover and threshold settings.
  • Batch dashboard
    • Fixed a bug where a tooltip box was immediately disappearing when hovering.
  • Activities
    • Fixed a bug where titles and subtitles would overlap on new line in the instructions element.
    • Fixed a bug where you would be prevented from removing an instructions element from an activity template.
    • Fixed a bug where location filter would display duplicate values on Reporting and Activities pages.
    • Fixed a bug where some triggers would be labeled as Unknown when exporting activities.
    • Fixed a bug where long activity description would overflow when viewing activity details.
June 2, 2025
June 2, 2025

v1.422.19

v1.422.19

New features

  • Factbird Support Hub is now available from the help icon in the top-right part of the webpage
  • Factbird DUO v2 devices can now be setup with 4 ports through the application
  • Factbird DUO devices can now be configured to debounce signals. This is useful for preventing false triggers on sensor inputs

Improvements

  • Assistant
    • Responses to questions on stop causes are now faster and does not result in errors

Bug fixes

  • Assistant
    • The Factbird Assistant does now not try to guess what abbreviations in sites mean
  • Batch creation
    • Switching product in the batch creation dialog no longer shows a wrong expected/validated speed error
  • Control recipes
    • Deleting a control recipe will no longer reset all control recipes attached to products where the deleted control recipe was attached
    • Creating or deleting a control recipe now updates the UI when the change is successful
  • Lines overview
    • Show production data for manual process sensors that track production metrics
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025

v1.418.1

New features

  • Factbird Support Hub is now available from the help icon in the top-right part of the webpage
  • Factbird DUO v2 devices can now be setup with 4 ports through the application
  • Factbird DUO devices can now be configured to debounce signals. This is useful for preventing false triggers on sensor inputs

Improvements

  • Assistant
    • Responses to questions on stop causes are now faster and does not result in errors

Bug fixes

  • Assistant
    • The Factbird Assistant does now not try to guess what abbreviations in sites mean
  • Batch creation
    • Switching product in the batch creation dialog no longer shows a wrong expected/validated speed error
  • Control recipes
    • Deleting a control recipe will no longer reset all control recipes attached to products where the deleted control recipe was attached
    • Creating or deleting a control recipe now updates the UI when the change is successful
  • Lines overview
    • Show production data for manual process sensors that track production metrics
May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025

v1.414.16

v1.414.16

New features

Improvements

  • Activities
    • Introduces a “not applicable” state to the timeliness of activities that are not set to expire
    • Activities are now marked with an “Overdue” chip in the batch activity log if they are indeed overdue
  • Visual refresh of Assistant: Updated the application with a cleaner, more modern interface

Bug fixes

  • Batches: Resolved an “Invalid time value” error when navigating to the batches tab if a batch in the list had an excessively large planned quantity
  • Notifications: Mitigates excessive and erroneous duplicate notifications if additional notification context fails to apply because of a configuration error for a single notification in a batch of notifications to be delivered
  • Changeover Targets: Correctly overwrite changeover target when changing the stop cause that a stop is attributed to
  • Control Recipe: The full list, rather than a single page, of control recipes are now fetched in the corresponding control recipe dialog
May 19, 2025
May 19, 2025

v1.413.6

New features

  • Activities
    • Activity expiration time: You can now set an expiration time for an activity, tracks whether an activity was performed on time or not. Activities that exceed the time limit are labeled as “Late submission” in the Activity Log within the Batch List view. For non-batch activities, timeliness can be checked in the Reporting section under the Activities tab by opening the activity and viewing the Details panel.

Batch progress trigger: You can now pick a trigger that will create an activity once it reaches a certain percentage of produced/planned amount during a batch.

Batch activity log: A detailed log is now available to view all activities associated with a batch (activities configured with batch-related triggers such as batch start or batch end) . This includes both automated batch events and manually or system-triggered in-batch activities, offering improved traceability and process visibility.

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • Improved scrolling on devices page: Resolved issues with inconsistent or laggy scrolling behavior on the Devices page within the Administration panel.
  • Batch list load error resolved: Fix list of batches sometimes failing with Missing field... errors. The system now handles data loading more robustly, preventing this error from interrupting batch visibility.
May 15, 2025
May 15, 2025

v1.411.16

v1.411.16

New features

  • Line uptime KPI: It is now possible to display an “Uptime” KPI on a line. You can add this KPI in the list under Line settings > KPIs and enable it for the line you want to display it.
  • Confirmation button for data overrides: Added a “Confirm” button has been added when performing data overrides. This ensures users can explicitly confirm and apply changes, improving clarity and data integrity.

Improvements

Bug fixes

Sensor configuration error resolved: Fixed an issue that caused an error when configuring sensor in the Administration panel

May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025

v1.410.8

New features

Improvements

Faster Activity Page Loads: Pages related to Activities now load more quickly, improving navigation and responsiveness

Bug fixes

May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025

v1.408.3

New features

Improvements

Bug fixes

Fix bug that did not allow scrolling the list of users within Organization permissions

May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025

v1.406.10

v1.406.10

New features

Improvements

Bug fixes

  • Fix a case where fetching shifts would fail
  • Resolve an issue where the Group and Role administration pages could not be scrolled
  • Fix “Unable to find descendants…” errors in Organization administration when adding lines
May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025

v1.405.15

v1.405.15

New features

Improvements

The Organization Administration page now scrolls, making edits easier

Bug fixes

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