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Real-Time Visibility with the Production Order Dashboard

There’s no shortage of data on the modern shop floor. The problem is getting the right information to the right people - with the right context to make a difference. Supervisors walk the floor to
MachineMetrics / Jun 19, 2025

Clock In/Clock Out Brings Labor and Production Together

For most manufacturers, labor tracking still feels like a disconnected process. Time clocks sit in one system, job data lives in another, and payroll has to piece it all together later. This creates
MachineMetrics / Jun 11, 2025

Make Gains Stick with the Continuous Improvement Tracker

You ran the kaizen event. You saw the improvement. But two months later… is anything actually different? It’s a challenge every CI leader faces. Gains made during Lean or Six Sigma initiatives often
MachineMetrics / Jun 05, 2025

Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Execution with the...

Manufacturing schedules look great on paper—until they meet the real world. Every day, jobs run late. Machines sit idle. Priorities shift. And despite everyone’s best efforts, it’s hard to answer one
MachineMetrics / May 28, 2025
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    What is an Edge Device and Why Is It Essential for IoT?
    MachineMetrics / January 07, 2021
    The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to drive innovations in how data is collected, processed, and analyzed. Edge devices are a vital part of the continued expansion of IoT and play...

    The Importance of Edge Computing for the IoT
    MachineMetrics / November 05, 2020
    The IoT and Edge Computing The Internet of Things is growing exponentially with connected devices ranging from smart lights and ovens to industrial analysis data capture devices. By 2025, it is...

    Edge Analytics and the IoT Edge Architecture
    MachineMetrics / October 29, 2020
    As companies adopt advanced manufacturing technologies like IIoT, the volume of data threatens to overwhelm the bandwidth capacity of traditional cloud-based solutions. Many companies have moved much...

    A Manufacturer's Guide to Edge Computing
    MachineMetrics / June 17, 2020
    Below is what we will cover in this in-depth article on edge computing in manufacturing. Select a link if you would like to jump to a particular section: An Introduction to Edge Computing in...

    Edge Computing vs. Cloud Computing in Manufacturing
    MachineMetrics / April 16, 2020
    We get a lot of questions from manufacturers around the difference between the Edge and the Cloud. Edge and cloud computing are often misunderstood to be mutually exclusive but, while they may...
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