MES for Firearms Manufacturing

THE FACTORY OF TOMORROW STARTS WITH TODAY’S DATA.

Measure the fleet automatically, track routing from CNC through test, and build the production record as parts are made. This is an MES built for what’s next.
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THE PROBLEM

INCONSISTENT PRODUCTION PUTS QUALITY AT RISK

Firearms manufacturing depends on repeatable machining, tight tolerances, and complete production records. When demand shifts or process drift goes unnoticed, capacity, quality, and delivery all take the hit. You need production data that shows what actually happened on every run. 

MODERN PRODUCTION HAS OUTGROWN LEGACY MES.

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VOLUME MULTIPLIES EVERY LOSS

A fraction of scrap or half a second of cycle drift barely registers on one part but compounds across a production year. The economics are automotive. The tolerances are not.
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THE DEMAND CURVE SWINGS HARD

Consumer demand rises and falls on cycles you can’t control. Meeting the surge requires knowing your true capacity. Managing the slowdown requires knowing your true costs.
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THE RECORD HAS TO BE BETTER

Serialized components demand complete accountability, and that scrutiny extends across the operation. In this industry, every production record needs to stand up to review.

CONTROL THE PROCESS.
TRACE THE OUTPUT.

One platform to schedule against real capacity, run high volume without losing the tolerance, measure every cycle, and flex when demand doubles.

Rank losses by cost with automatic downtime capture.

Capture every stoppage regardless of duration, categorized by rule rather than by operator memory. Rank causes by financial impact so improvement effort goes where the money actually is.
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Size the surge with live capacity analysis.

Compute capacity from measured utilization and cycle times per machine group, never nameplate figures. Compare it against loaded demand to find the volume you can absorb before a capital dollar is spent.
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Extend tracking past the CNC floor with station workflows.

Bring assembly, finishing, and test onto the same schedule, tracking, and labor capture as the machines. Flag at-risk orders automatically, so a component shortage surfaces before it starves the line.
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Corroborate the production record with machine data.

Tie every part to its job, machine, operator, and shift, with scrap and conditions captured automatically. MaximaOS gives your compliance systems a verified production record of what was made, when, where, and by whom.
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Stop a failing tool before it costs you a part.

Learn each operation’s normal tool load within a few cycles, then catch wear or breakage the moment behavior deviates. On a deep-hole drill, that’s one suspect blank instead of a shift’s worth.
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Report from every control generation on the floor.

Connect native CNC and PLC, OPC-UA, and sensor-based paths for legacy machines without modern controls. Onboard hundreds of machines by batch scan and manage the whole fleet from one interface.
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See It In Action

Henry Repeating Arms handed over an asset list of 100 machines. Over 60 were connected and reporting to dashboards the same morning. Their evaluation turned on diagnostic depth: operating states, alarm codes, the program running, and registered tool breakages. SIXTY MACHINES BEFORE LUNCH.

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BUILT FOR THE FLEET, NOT THE PILOT.

High-volume precision manufacturers running the whole fleet on measured data, protecting tooling-intensive operations, and holding a record that stands up.
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SIXTY MACHINES BEFORE LUNCH.

To my amazement, it took all of about ninety minutes.

- Nick Chappell, VP Engineering

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78 MACHINES ON TABLETS.

Utilization roughly doubled from about 12%, with 6,900 hours of machine capacity gained across the fleet.

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85% FEWER INVENTORY CORRECTIONS.

A six-machine high-volume Swiss cell across three shifts, one machinist on all six. Off-shift counts and produced counts had quietly stopped matching. Once the machines counted for themselves, inventory corrections fell 85% year over year.

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KEEP EXPLORING TEAMS

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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

Hard-metal work, first article gates, and a record that holds under program scrutiny.
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AUTOMOTIVE

Volume machining where every small loss multiplies across the run.
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INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

One measurement framework across a large mixed fleet.
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CONTRACT MANUFACTURING

The precision shops in your supply base, measured the same way.
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WHAT IS THE EXECUTION GAP COSTING YOU?

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Manufacturing ROI Calculator | What the Execution Gap Costs You

See what production gaps cost you in overtime, scrap, tooling, and maintenance, and how fast a modern MES pays for itself. Instant results.

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We Went to ProveIt! to Challenge a Popular Belief. Here's What Happened.

MachineMetrics CEO Bill Bither went to ProveIt! 2026 to challenge the idea that manufacturers have to build their MES from scratch. Here's what he proved.

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CASE STUDY

Implementation Story: Henry Repeating Arms

See how Henry Repeating Arms connected 60+ machines and went live with real-time production data in just 90 minutes with MachineMetrics.

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WEBINAR

The Blind Spots in Your ERP (And They're Costing You)

Join us for a financial conversation for leaders who want to understand where ERP numbers stop being trustworthy, and what it takes to close the gap.

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KNOW WHAT YOU CAN MAKE
BEFORE THE NEXT SURGE.

Connect a sample of machines and compare your real utilization to the number you’ve been planning against.

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