The basic SPMT system operates with at least one customer process, which could be performed by multiple equipment or inspection station types, but dedicated to only that process (e.g. lube, test).
The customer file traffic can be manual, networked, or handled by alternative software means (importing data from another source), but forwarded to the intermediate repository, which is controlled by a customer-configured buffering mechanism (diagram below) automatically, which, in turn, unties the production floor from SPMT’s analytical processing.