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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

Real-Time Job Tracking Delivers Clarity to the Chaos of the...

Even the most capable ERP system can only tell you what was planned. It can’t tell you what’s actually happening on the floor, right now. For most discrete manufacturers, job tracking still relies on
MachineMetrics / May 21, 2025
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    OTD in Manufacturing & Strategies to Improve On-Time De...
    Lean Manufacturing / March 19, 2025
    On-time delivery (OTD) in manufacturing isn’t just about getting orders out on schedule. It’s a complex interplay of overcoming production bottlenecks, supply chain disruptions, and unpredictable...

    AI in Manufacturing: Beyond the Buzz - What's Real?
    MachineMetrics / January 17, 2024
    The Buzz of AI - What's Real? Amidst the rapid technological evolution, the manufacturing industry stands at the beginning of a monumental shift driven not only by fancy machines, gears, or assembly...

    Detecting CNC Anomalies with Unsupervised Learning (Par...
    manufacturing / October 10, 2018
    In parts 1 and 2, we discussed the business problem and preprocessing involved with detecting anomalous behavior on machines. In this post, we’ll cover some creative data wrangling and clustering...

    Detecting CNC Anomalies with Unsupervised Learning (Par...
    Data Science / October 05, 2018
    In the world of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machining, many operators struggle to keep their machines on schedule and running efficiently. Unanticipated events can plague machine...

    The Impact of AI and Machine Learning on Manufacturing
    MachineMetrics / October 02, 2018
    Do You Remember HAL From the Movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"? It was considered to be a sentient computer; that is, it had artificial intelligence. Released in 1968, this 'character' was prescient to...
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