Free
For factories looking to capture tribal knowledge and standardize work across up to 10 stations
*Compatible with ITAR if you supply an appropriate VM or purchase a PICO server (one time charge of $465)
Includes:
$100 per user per month OR $1000 per site per month
For factories producing mission-critical products that require traceability and certification
Everything in Basic, plus:
$100 per connected station per month
For growing factories looking to dramatically improve operations through error-proofing and continuous improvement tools
Everything in Essential, plus:
Contact us for pricing
For factories with unique system requirements wanting customized features and functionality
Includes:
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Digital Work Instructions |
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Like PowerPoint, but better. Create interactive digital work instructions that make operators' lives easier.
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Upload and store media to easily add to work instructions.
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Integrate tools and assign actions within your work instructions. Basic only includes manual data entry actions.
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Reference PDFs, additional images and videos, and URLs in your work instructions.
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Workflow Management |
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Determine which processes run at which stations to help keep your workflows organized.
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Templates & variants |
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Manage changes and implement approvals for all your process revisions. Choose when changes go live and who needs to approve them.
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Reference BOMs in work instructions to make it easy for operators to find the right parts.
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Make it easy for operators to know what to build based on open or completed work orders.
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Manual work orders |
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Operator Experience |
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Customize the operator experience to limit screen interaction and decrease time between builds.
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Visual worker guidance (operator build screens) |
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Managers and supervisors can remotely monitor active builds.
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Operators can easily document work instruction improvements, safety concerns, or quality issues on specific processes.
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Allow operators to temporarily or permanently skip a step with supervisor approval.
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Track your downtime with codes that are unique to your factory.
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Assign multiple operators to the same active build for training purposes or team builds.
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Machine tending dashboard |
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Get real-time critical alerts from operators on the factory floor.
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Data Entry & Tracking |
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See the full history of a part to help troubleshoot quality issues.
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A comprehensive set of data for every build in an easy-to-read table that's designed for CSV exports.
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Process and station performance metrics show opportunities for quick wins and continuous improvement.
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Work instruction PDF export |
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A blueprint view of your factory gives a holistic view of real-time station activity and statuses.
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Customize real-time dashboard views of station status and production monitoring to be displayed across the shop floor.
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Operators can document defects and potential issues in real time as they build.
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Build summary PDF |
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Customize reporting for scrap, issue, and quality non-conformances.
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Connected Tools & Integrations |
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Find your shop floor tools in our library of connected devices. All device integrations are plug-and-play.
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All available integrations |
All available integrations + custom scripts and machines |
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Quality management through Slack, MS Teams, email, or your preferred ticketing system.
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Read/write integrations with other software programs.
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Manage work orders by integrating your ERP.
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Support |
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Resource Center |
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Email support |
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Customer support via Slack or MS Teams |
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Dedicated deployment teams with optional recurring on-site support |
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Admin |
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Make training easier by customizing your operators' credentials and roles for each process.
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Shift scheduler |
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No, this is not a free trial. There is no time limitation when you sign up for your free license to PICO digital work instructions.
The Basic plan is limited to 3 Manager/Admin licenses and 10 Operator/Supervisor licenses per site.
No, only one person from your business needs to request a free cloud-based deployment of PICO to get access to digital work instructions. Upon request, we can create separate deployments for companies looking to implement PICO in different departments and/or sites.
Each site is limited to 10 workstations and 150 processes.
With the Basic plan, you can access the Operator View on a tablet through a browser such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. The Android app is currently only supported for premium plans.
By making digital work instructions free to use, smaller factories can get started on their digital transformation journey now with no risk. Read this blog post to learn more.
No, for any premium plan you can add unlimited users, stations, and processes to your site's deployment of PICO.
The Essential plan includes a cloud-based or optional on-premise deployment, while the Professional and Enterprise plans are offered as a hybrid cloud-local deployment.
A site is equivalent to a physical factory location. For example, if you want to use PICO at your factory in Minneapolis you would deploy to one site. If you want to also use PICO at your factory in Phoenix, you would deploy to two sites.
You will need to purchase an Intel NUC server for a one-time cost of $495 and PICO Hub(s) at $75/Hub so you can connect to your local network and start connecting shop floor tools at your workstations. Check out this page to learn more about getting set up.
Pricing for the Professional plan includes $100 per connected station per month in addition to $100 per user per month, up to $1000 per site per month.
If you decide to stop your premium subscription to PICO, you will return to the free Basic plan. Your build data will not be lost, however please note that the Basic plan only includes one week of data retention.
Check out our onboarding training videos to learn the basics of setting up a product workflow, creating work instructions, adding actions, and deploying through change control.
In PICO, Admin users can navigate to Settings>Manage Users to add 2 additional Admins and up to 10 Operators. Detailed instructions on how to add users and manage permissions can be found in the Resources section of PICO under Admin>Manage Users. Please reach out to help@picomes.com with any questions or issues with adding users.
Please visit our Training Center for training content tailored to each plan.
Please send all your support requests to help@picomes.com. Email support is available for each plan, while support via Slack or MS Teams is available as an optional add-on to Essential and Professional plans.
Step into the future of factory operations with Pico MES. Start your journey toward a more efficient, error-proof factory floor today.
