MachineMetrics App Framework: Custom Insights without the Custom Code

Legacy MES systems and basic monitoring tools are often rigid and slow to adapt. While they claim to offer broad functionality, they’re rarely configured to reflect the nuances of your operations - and trying to force-fit unique workflows into generic systems only creates friction.

Every manufacturer is different: machines, processes, KPIs, team structures, and tribal knowledge all vary. Your systems should support that, not fight it.

Introducing the MachineMetrics App Framework, a powerful foundation for building real-time dashboards, widgets, and features that mirror the way your factory actually runs. It’s not just a reporting tool. It’s a flexible system that lets you turn raw machine and production data into dashboards, alerts, and visualizations tailored to your factory’s unique processes and goals.

Built on Real-Time Data, Configured for Your Operations

The App Framework sits natively on top of the MachineMetrics platform, tapping into real-time machine data, operator input, and ERP integrations. Unlike traditional BI or static reports, the insights it delivers are actionable now, not after the fact - and can be easily configured to support a specific use case.

• Custom dashboards built for how your teams actually work
• Visualized CI targets directly on the floor
• Event-driven workflows and alerts to drive accountability
• Embedded production insights within your daily routines - not a separate screen

Whether you’re managing a single plant or standardizing KPIs across dozens of sites, the App Framework gives you the flexibility to scale decision-making and actionability.

Designed for Every Role on the Floor

The beauty of the App Framework isn’t just its configurability, but also how well it maps to the real work your teams do every day.

• Operators get a clean, visual view of their current job, machine state, and next steps - no spreadsheets, no confusion about what to work on next.
• Supervisors get smart indicators that alert them to issues in real-time, so they can respond before downtime spreads.
• CI Leads get configurable progress trackers to monitor initiatives and ensure changes drive a lasting impact (rather than a temporary jump in productivity).
• Executives get high-level visibility across shifts, cells, or global facilities - without waiting for next week’s reports.

Instant Value with Pre-Built Widgets

As configurable as MachineMetrics is, you also don’t need to start from scratch. The App Framework comes with a library of production-ready widgets that can be tailored to your workflows:

• Daily Production Dashboards
• Schedule Attainment
• KPI Speedometers & OEE Trend Lines
• Downtime Pareto Visualization
• Continuous Improvement Progress Indicators
• Enterprise Metrics Roll-Ups

Each widget is designed to be immediately impactful as well as fully configurable to your data sources, layout preferences, and goals.

With the MachineMetrics CI Tracker widget you can monitor performance, maintain gains, and turn improvements into lasting efficiency enhancements..

Flexible, Fast, and IT-Friendly

Worried about another heavy deployment? Don’t be. This is nothing like the customization needed for an ERP or legacy MES system.

The MM App Framework is part of the platform you already use. We host the infrastructure. We handle the updates. And with our low-code environment, we can turn around most customizations in days - not months.

Got your own developers or BI team? Even better. Your team can work with our API and widget engine to create and deploy dashboards using your ERP and other systems, creating unified visualizations.

The Future of MES Is Modular

Traditional MES vendors want to box you in with rigid interfaces and fixed workflows. But the reality is this: flexibility and configurability is the future.

The MachineMetrics App Framework gives you the power to adapt in real time - to your operations, your culture, and your goals.