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 -
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
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
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
Manually managing and tracking production is beginning to become a habit of the past. Manufacturers are switching to a new approach of executing workflows, communicating, record-keeping, and...
Knowing how to solve production issues quickly and efficiently is a skill all manufacturing managers should possess. Though there are many strategies that exist to identify and fix problems, the...
As the employees closest to production, operators have deep visibility into the shop floor. On the other hand, other stakeholders including shop floor managers and manufacturing engineers sometimes...
Accurate job standards can make or break the operational and financial success of a manufacturer. Lack of real-time validation methods for setup and cycle times leads to poor forecasting and the...
Big data and manufacturing go hand in hand because so much of what goes on in a manufacturing business is measurable and able to be optimized. Data streams are increasing in size, relevance, and...