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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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    Navigating Market Turbulence: Insights from the GVSU
    MachineMetrics / April 19, 2022
    Key Takeaways: The GVSU symposium highlighted strategies for overcoming market turbulence in automotive. Focus on innovation and flexibility is critical in navigating uncertain market conditions....

    MachineMetrics Achieves Best-in-Class Information Secur...
    MachineMetrics / April 19, 2022
    MachineMetrics Achieves Best-in-Class Information Security Standards with ISO 27001 Certification Internationally recognized standard validates MachineMetrics’s commitment to high-level data security...

    PLC to Cloud: Using IoT to Read Data from a PLC
    inustrial IOT / April 14, 2022
    The seamless integration of IIoT components including IoT hardware, software, and communication protocols has occurred in incremental steps for manufacturers. Early industrial automation systems were...

    Team Not Sold on IIoT? Here’s How to Drive Internal Ado...
    MachineMetrics / April 07, 2022
    Key Takeaways: Resistance to IIoT adoption can stem from a lack of understanding, but education and clear ROI demonstrations help overcome it. Involving your team early in the IIoT decision-making...

    The Importance of Data Standardization in Manufacturing
    data collection / March 24, 2022
    The power of data brought to life by the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) technologies is undisputed. For manufacturing, it’s no...
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